Colonel Edward W. Beauchamp was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 25 June 1955, class number 5. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 701st AIB, 1st AD, Fort Hood, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Plt Ldr, Co I, 87th Inf, 10th Inf Div, Germany; Plt Ldr, Asst S-3, Co’s H & D, 2d BG, 6th Inf, Berlin, Germany; Plt Ldr, XO, Asst S-2, Co C, 1st BG, 3d Inf, Fort Myer, VA; Opns Officer, USAREUR Central Registry, 66th MI Gp, Germany; Chief Security, Berlin Station, 513th MI GP, Berlin, Germany; Chief Counterintelligence & Security, Berlin Station, 513th MI GP, Berlin, Germany; Personnel Management Officer, G-1, USAINTC, Fort Holabird, Maryland; Ch, Personnel actions & Education Unit, EPD, EPD-OPO, DA, Washington, D.C.; Ch, Intel Section, EPD-OPO, DA, Washington, D.C.; Chieu-Hoi Returnee Ln O, MACV-CORDS, Vietnam; Region Commander, Region III, 109th MI GP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Action Officer, Headquarters DA, ACSI, Washington, D.C.; XO, Director of Opns, OACSI, Headquarters DA, ACSI, Washington, D.C.; Intelligence Staff Planner, NATO Headquarters, Int’l Military Staff, Brussels, Belgium; Asst Ch, Production Div, OD.CSI, Headquarters USAREUR, Heidelberg, Germany; Chief, Production Div, OD.C.SI Headquarters USAREUR, Heidelberg, Germany; Chief, Intelligence Div, D.CSORI, Headquarters TRADOC, Fort Monroe, Virginia. | His awards and decorations include: Vietnamese Psychological Warfare Operations Medal, Purple Heart 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star w/Metal V.