Colonel Charles H. Dornacker was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 24 December 1942. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 350th Infantry, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, Company C 350th Infantry, Italy; Company Commander, Infantry Replacement Training Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Professor of Military Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota; S-3, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Battery Commander, Battalion S-3 and Executive Officer 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Germany; Battalion Commander 17th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia;  Staff Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, The Pentagon;  Staff Officer G-4, Eighth Army, Korea; Staff and Faculty, The Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Division Chief Comptroller, Headquarters, USAREUR, Heidelberg, Germany; Commanding Officer, 72d Artillery Brigade, VII Corps, Germany and Division Chief, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, The Pentagon.