Alfred A. Alvarez

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Anthony Alvarez, was commissioned an Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 18-49, 20 December 1949. His first duty assignment was Artillery Forward Observer, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Commo Officer, 674th Airborne Artillery Battalion, Japan/Korea; Platoon Leader/Gunnery Officer, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Korea/Japan; Headquarters BTY Commander, 11th Airborne Division Artillery Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Service BTY Commander, 544th Airborne Artillery Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; S-2, 11th Division Artillery, USARER Intelligence School, Oberranegau, Germany; Firing BTY Commander, 3rd Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, Mannheim, Germany; Postal Officer, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; PEDS Management Officer, 2nd Administrative Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Personnel Officer, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Transfer PT Commander, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Adjutant, USARMIS to Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Adjutant General, USARMIS to Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina; DEP Adjutant, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Secretary to the Combined Staff (SCS)(trilingual), Inter-American Peace, Dominican Republic; Executive Officer, 7th Special Forces (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; DEP G-1, Headquarters XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; G1/Adjutant, Qui Nhom SPT Command, Vietnam; Adjutant, Defense Atomic SPT CMD, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Adjutant, Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Adjutant, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | At the time of his induction, Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez served on the Board of Directors and as Docent Coordinator for the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville, North Carolina.