John A. Seymour, Jr.

Colonel John A. Seymour, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 13 October 1965. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Special Operations Detachment, A-4, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, Special Forces Operation Detachment A-404, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Vietnam; Commander, Company B, 4th Battalion, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, U.S. Army Infantry Training Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; S-3, Command and Control North, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Vietnam; Chief, Field Training Exercise Branch, G3, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Center for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Combat Support Company, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry, 10lst Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; S-3, 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry, l0lst Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Unconventional Warfare Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Chief, Special Inspections Branch, Inspector General Office, Headquarters, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Special Operations Branch, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Special Operations Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Commander, Special Operations Support Detachment, Headquarters, U.S. Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Commander, Support Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Commander, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and Commander, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Commander, 4th Special Operations Support Command (Theater Army) (Airborne), Fort Shafter, Hawaii.