Colonel Alvin D. Ungerleider was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 24 July 1943, class number 274. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, 63rd Infantry Division, Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Company Commander, 115th Inf, 29th Inf Div, European Theater of Operations; TI & E Officer, Headquarters, 3d Inf Div, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Heavy Weapons Company Commander, 18th Inf, 1st Inf Div, Germany; Asst G3, Headquarters, 101st Abn Div, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky; SGS, Headquarters X Corps, Korea; AD.C., LTG Bruce Clarke, Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea; USAR Unit Advisor, Headquarters, California Mil Dist, Fort Ord, California; Battalion XO, 30th Tank Bn, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Operations Officer, U.S. Army Mission, Paraguay, Asuncion, Paraguay; G3, Opns Officer, Headquarters CONARC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Operations Officer, Headquarters, USACDC., Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Tank Battalion Commander, 4/35 Tank Bn, 4th Armor Div, Germany; Ch Spec Service, Headquarters, Area Command, Germany; Chief LWD, OJCS/JWGA,The Pentagon; Commander, BHTAC, Headquarters, II FFORCEV, Vietnam. | Colonel Ungerleider's awards and decorations include: Combat Infantryman Badge; Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star Medal with V and D-Day Normandy Invasion Arrow.