Colonel Daniel F. Uyesugi was commissioned a Chemical Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 9 September 1969. His first duty assignment was as Assistant administrative Officer, U.S. Army Technical Escort Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Chemical Staff Officer, Headquarters, VII Corps, Mohringen, Germany; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Project Officer, Office of Program Manager, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Nuclear Weapons Effect Officer, U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Military Advisor, Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Action Officer, Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Division Chemical Officer, 2d Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; Commander, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Fort Gillem, Georgia; Commander, Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Parsons, Kansas; Chief, Nuclear and Chemical Division, J3, Headquarters, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia.