John W. Lindsay

Colonel John W. Lindsay was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 26 September 1944, Class Number 348. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 89th Infantry Division, ZI and ETD. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Public Information Officer, HQUSFA, Vienna, Austria; ORC, SC; Battery Commander, S2, 678th AAA Gun Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard; Signal Operations Officer, S3, 228th Signal Group, South Carolina Army National Guard; S3, 163d ARTY Group, South Carolina Army National Guard; Executive Officer, CO, 2d Battalion, 263 Artillery, (AD) (SP) South Carolina Army National Guard; LNO, CofS, Emergency Operations HQ NO. 51, South Carolina Army National Guard; Commanding Officer, 228th Signal Group, South Carolina Army National Guard; Commanding Officer, 2d Brigade, 30th Infantry Division (M), South Carolina Army National Guard; Dep BDE Commander, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard; Commanding Officer, 228th Signal Group, South Carolina Army National Guard. | His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge. | Military schools attended include: Nuclear Weapons Employment; Command and General Staff College; Refresher courses in Maintenance, Signal and Infantry; Career Course in Signal, ARTY, Air Defense ARTY, Infantry; OCS (Honor Graduate).