Lieutenant General Charles W. Dyke was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 25 June 1955. His first duty assignment was as Machine Gun Platoon Leader, Company M, 13th Infantry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Co M, 13th Inf Regiment, Germany; Rifle Platoon Leader, Co L, 13th Inf Regiment, Germany; Operations & Training Staff Officer, Seventh Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Germany; Instructor, Tactical Training, 1st Ranger Co, The School Brigade, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Instructor, Co D, U.S. Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Asst Supply Officer, S-4, Headquarters Co Commander, Asst Brigade Supply Officer, Headquarters Co, 1st Bn, 17th Inf Brigade, 7th Inf Div, Korea; Commander, Co A, 1/501st Inf; Operations Training Staff Officer, Headquarters Co, 1st Bn, 501st Inf, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Battalion Operations & Training Staff Officer, Battalion Executive Officer, Headquarters, 2d Bn, 327th Inf, Vietnam; Asst Brigade Operations & Training Staff Officer, Headquarters Co, 1st Brigade, 101st Abn Div, Vietnam; Brigade Deputy Commander, HHC, 2d Bn, 327th Inf, 101st Abn Div, Vietnam; Battalion Commander, Headquarters Co, 1st Brigade, 101st Abn Div, Vietnam; Division G-1, Headquarters Co, 101st Abn Div, Vietnam; Executive Assistant, Executive J-3, U.S. Army Element, Office of The Joint Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C.; Asst to the Secretary General Staff, Coordinating Division, ODSGS, Assistant to the Secretary General Staff, ODSGS (SAC), Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Executive to the Secretary of the Army, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Brigade Commander, Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 101st Abn Div, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Asst Division Commander, Community Commander, Headquarters, 3d Inf Div, Germany; Executive to the SACEUR, Office of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Belgium. | His awards and decorations include: ARCOM (4th Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, Air Medal w/v Device, Bronze Star w/v Device (2d Oak Leaf Cluster), Soldiers Medal, Legion of Merit (2d Oak Leaf Cluster), Silver Star (1st Oak Leaf Cluster).