Colonel Gene H. Willams was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduationfrom Officer Candidate School 30 March 1952, class number 10. His first duty assignment was asPlatoon Leader, 95th Infantry Battalion. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Commo Officer, Division Safety Officer (Division Speical Staff), 11th Abn Division; Company Commander, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division (USAR); Assistant S-3 (Regiment) and Company Commander, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Inf Div (USAR); Regimental S-1 and Assistnant S-3, 398th Infantry Brigade, 83d Infantry Division (USAR); Brigade S-1, 19th Infantry Brigade, 83d Infantry Division (USAR); The Adjutant General of West Virginia, West Virginia National Guard; G-5, Headquarters, West Virginia Army National Guard.