Marcus W. Coyle

Colonel Marcus W. Coyle was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 6-47, 26 June 1947. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, I Company, 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Instructor, Jump Master/Noncommissioned Officer School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Platoon Leader/Executive Officer, Company A, 9th Infantry, Korea; Platoon Leader, Company Commander, 29th Regimental Combat Team, Korea; Battalion Executive Officer, 29th Regimental Combat Team, Okinawa; Project Officer, Airborne and Electronics Board, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Project Officer, Air Mobility Group, Fort Benning, Georgia; Operations Officer, U.S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Assistant G3/Operations Officer, VIIIth  Corps Aviation, Austin, Texas; Subsector Commander/Commander, 61st Aviation, Vietnam; Project Officer/Aviation Officer, United States Army Infantry Board, Fort Benning, Georgia; Executive Officer/G3, 3d Brigade, Basic Combat Training Center, Fort Benning, Georgia; Commander, 2-30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army Europe.