Chester F. Alderfer

Chester F. Alderfer was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 17-49, 23 November 1949, the Ground General School, Fort Riley, Kansas. His first duty assignment was platoon leader Pioneer and Ammunition Platoon, Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Motor Officer, Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Assistant Regimental Motor Officer, Service Company, 187th Regimental Combat Team, Kore; Rifle Platoon Leader, Company D, and Training Officer, Company C, Airborne Battalion, The Student Training Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia; Battalion S4, Headquarters Company Airborne Battalion; Executive Officer Company E, 2d Battalion, 169th Infantry Regiment, Zirndorf, Germany; Casual Officer, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. | Lieutentant Alderfer retired on 20 November 1965, Fort Lewis, Washington.