
Earl Ingram
Colonel Earl Ingram was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 203, 24 March, 1943. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 12th Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Wheeler, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company L, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, European Theater of Operations; Company Commander, Company H, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Intelligence Officer, Headquarters, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Japan; Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Japan; Action Officer, Control Office, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Test and Training Division, Intelligence Section, Headquarters, Seventh Army, Germany; Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia; Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Vietnam; Secretary of the General Staff, First Field Force, Vietnam; Brigade Commander, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Politico-Military Attaché, American Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand; Deputy Director, East Asia and Pacific Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), Washington, D.C. | His military education and training includes: the Associate Infantry Officer Advanced Course, General Staff Officer Course, Command and General Staff College, Department of the Army Strategic Intelligence School and the National War College. | Colonel Ingram's military awards and decorations include: the Combat Infantryman Badge (2nd Award), Legion of Merit (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster and two “ V “ devices), Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (4 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal.