Colonel William Warner Childers was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 514, 6 September 1968. His first duty assignment was with the Airborne Department, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Student Officer, Special Warfare School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Team Leader, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Republic of Vietnam; Commander, Company C, 3d Bn, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Republic of Vietnam; Intelligence Officer, 1st Bn, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Operations Officer, 1st Bn, 28th Infantry, 1st ID, Fort Riley, Kansas; Logistics Officer, 1st Bde, 1st ID, Fort Riley, Kansas; Commander, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Bde, 1st ID, Fort Riley, Kansas; Commander, 1009th Supply & Service Company, 102d Army Reserve Command; St. Louis, Missouri; Logistics Officer, 329th Supply & Service Bn, 102d Army Reserve Command, St. Louis, MO; Provost Marshal, 3d Transportation Bde (Rail), St. Louis, MO; Commandant, Drill Sergeant Academy, 85th Training Division, St. Louis, MO; Operations Officer, 89th Military Police Group, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Law Enforcement Division, Washington, D.C.; Evaluator, Military Police Section, 75th Maneuver Area Command, Houston, Texas; Executive Officer, 607th Military Police Bn, 90th Army Reserve Command, Fort Worth, Texas; Commander, 607th Military Police Bn, 90th Army Reserve Command, Fort Worth, Texas; Provost Marshal, 7th ID (L), Fort Ord, California; Deputy Commander, 5778th Corps Support Command, Dallas, Texas.