Colonel Laverne H. Dahl was commissioned an Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 27 March 1943, class number 206. His first duty assignment was as Chief, Personnel Records Branch, IRTC, Camp Fannin, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, 82d Training Bn, Camp Fannin, Texas; Liaison Officer, Army Ground Forces, Fort Logan Colorado; Personnel Manager NCO, U.S. Forces Austria, Salzburg, Austria; Chief, Enlisted Branch, U.S. Forces Austria, Salzburg, Austria; Chief, Enlisted Service Retirements, Personnel Division, Office of the Adjutant General, Headquarters DA; Assistant Executive Officer, Personnel Division, Office of the Adjutant General, Headquarters DA; Student, The Adjutant General School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Chief, Army-AF Personnel Section, United Nations/Far East Command, Tokyo, Japan; Executive Officer, 1st Machine Records Unit, Camp Zama, Japan; Automatic Data Processing Systems Plans and Operations, Admin Services Div, Office of The Adjutant General, Headquarters DA; Adjutant General, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief, Military Personnel Div/Deputy Adjutant General, U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia; Adjutant General/ Executive Officer, Eighth U.S. Army, Seoul, Korea; Deputy Commander/ Director Plans and Systems, U.S. Army Administration Center, St. Louis, Missouri.