Colonel William F. Hartman was commissioned an Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 27 January 1945, class number 399. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, Co L, 17th Inf, 7th Inf Div, Okinawa, Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Battery Commander-MP Functions, A Btry, 31FA Bn (MP), 7th Div Arty, Korea;  Training Company Commander, Co R, 502d Abn Regiment, 101st Abn Div, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky;  Rifle Company Commander, Co A, 7th Inf Regiment, 3d Inf Div, Korea;  S-3 Basic Training Bn, Headquarters Co, 3d Bn, 167th Inf, 31st Inf Div, Camp Atterbury, Indiana;  Assoc. Inf Off Advance Course #1, Headquarters Co, 2d Bn, 167th Inf, 31st Inf Div, Fort Benning GA;  Regiment’l S-3, Headquarters Co, 167th Inf, 31st Inf Div;  Asst Post G-1, 5022 SU Station Camp Headquarters, Fort Carson, Colorado;  Asst PMS Univ of Alaska, ROTC Det, Univ of Alaska, College Alaska; Student, Assoc CRSC 250-A-C3, USACGSC, Headquarters XXI U.S. Army Corps (Res), Fort Leavenworth; Asst S-3 Plans, Indiantown Gap Mil Res, Headquarters U.S. Army Corps, Annville, PA;  Student Det Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA;  Senior Inf Adv, Iranian Inf Div, USA Element MAAG, Iran;  Co Field Adv Team 2, Iranian Corps, USA Element MAAG Iran;  Action Officer, Orgn and Training, ODCSOPS, Headquarters DA;  ExO, Directorate Orgn and Training, OACSFOR, Headquarters DA;  Chief Plans Branch, G-3 Section, Headquarters 7th U.S. Army, Germany;  Bn Co, 3d Bn, 7th Inf, 199th Lt Inf Bde, Fort Benning, GA;  Bn Co, 3d Bn, 7th Inf, 199th Lt Inf Bde, Vietnam;  Sr Adv, Vietnamese Inf School, Mil Asst Comd, Vietnam;  Ch, Mobility Div, Material Dir, USA Combat Developments Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. | His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star w/V device and 2d Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart; Army Commendation Medal w/ 2d Oak Leaf Cluster; Good Conduct Medal; CIB (3d Award); Air Medal; DA Staff Identification Badge.