Colonel Darrell D. Kasson was commissioned an Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 21 February 1952, class number 41. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader/Instructor-Weapons Committee, Company B, MP Regimental Training Command, 8801-1 TSU, Camp Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Inst/OIC-Weapons Committee, Camp Gordon, Georiga; Provost Marshal, Bordeaux France; CO, Company C, 524 MP Bn, Bordeaux, France; Opns Officer-PMO, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; CO, 536 MP Company, Wurzburg, Germany; Asst. Provost Marshal, Wurzburg, Germany; Chief, Opns, PM Div (NACOM), Frankfurt, Germany; Instructor-USAMPS, Fort Gordon, Georiga; Chief, Opns-DI/USAMPS, Fort Gordon, Georiga; Student University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; CO-16th MP Task Force, Vietnam; CO-97th MP Bn, Vietnam; Dir Adm-C/S, USDB, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Action Officer-OPMG, Washington, D.C.; Provost Marshal, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Commandant-USDB, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; CO-LEC/PM/DIC, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Dep. Install. Cmd, Fort Polk, Louisiana. | Military schools attended include: MP Officer Basic, CID Supervisors Course, Continuity/Essential Industrial Opns, MP Officer Career, CGSC, Civil Disturbance, Senior Officer Legal Orientation, Financial Management/Executive. | His awards and decorations include: Legion of Merit w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal (1st Award), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal w/ Cluster, Korean Service Medal w/ 6 Campaigns, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 Campaigns, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Republic Vietnam Campaign Medal w/Device.
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