Norman S. Nelms

Colonel Norman S. Nelms was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 14A-52, 31 May 1952. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company E, 135th Infantry, 47th Infantry Division, Fort Rucker, Alabama. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company G, 2d Battalion, 350th Infantry Regiment, St Johann, Austria; S-1, 2d Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, St Johann, Austria; Executive Officer, Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters (Headquarters), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Adjutant, 9th U.S. Army Security Agency Field Station, Clark Air Base, Philippines; Chief, Reserve Promotions Branch, Adjutant General Section, Headquarters, Fourth U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Personnel Staff Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; Adjutant General, Headquarters, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy; Adjutant General, 24th Admin Company, 24th Infantry Division, Augsburg, Germany; Chief, Enlisted Replacement Division, Headquarters, U.S. Army Vietnam, Long Binh, Vietnam; Executive Officer, Directorate of Procurement & Distribution, Officer of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Commander, U.S. Army Enlisted Records Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.