Joseph W. O’Connor

Colonel Joseph W. O’Connor was commissioned an Infantry Officer from Officer Candidate School 11 January 1967. His first duty assignment was as Training Officer, Company C, 7th Battalion, 3d Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader/ Executive Officer, Company C, 8th Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam; Company Commander, Company C, 7th Battalion, 6th Infantry, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Troop Commander, D Troop, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 3d Infantry Division, Korea; Adjutant, 11th Signal Battalion, 32d Army Air Defense Command, Germany; Company Commander, Company C, 11th Signal Battalion, 32d Army Air Defense Command , Germany;  Division Chief, Signal Officer Basic Course, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Executive Officer, 67th Signal Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Plans Officer, Joint Tactical Communications Office, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Battalion Commander, 11th Signal Battalion, 32d Army Air Defense Command, Germany; Assignment Officer, Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Chief, Satellite Communications Division, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.; Brigade Commander, 160th Signal Brigade, 5th Signal Command, Germany.