Richard A. Smith

SMITH,RICHARD

Richard A. Smith

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Colonel Richard A. Smith was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 3-57, 3 May 1957. His first duty assignment was as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Company K, U.S. Army Training Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His duty assignments include: Commander, Company B, 1st Infantry Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Army Aviator/Flight Instructor, Okinawa, Vietnam and Fort Rucker, Alabama; General Staff Officer/Aviator, Headquarters, U.S. Army Element Allied Land Forces South East Europe (ALFSEE), Izmir, Turkey; Commander, 125th Air Traffic Company, 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam; Commander, 14th Aviation Company, 15th Aviation Group, U.S. Army Europe; S-4, 15th Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army Europe; Executive Officer, 2d Brigade (Mechanized), 3d Infantry Division, Europe; Director Human Relations Center, U.S. Army Training Center (USATC); Commander, Infantry Training Battalion and Commander, Infantry Training Brigade, USATC, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Inspector General, Department of the Army Inspector General, Washington, D.C.; Director, Plans & Systems Analysis, Headquarters, U.S. Army Troop Support & Aviation Readiness Command, St. Louis, Missouri; DARCOM Aviation Officer, U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Chief, Aviation & Safety  Office, U.S. Army Troop Support & Aviation Materiel Readiness Command & Headquarters, U.S. Army Aviation Research & Development Command, St. Louis, MO; Director, International Logistics, Headquarters, Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri. | Colonel Smith subsequently retired from Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Additional Information

Graduated From
Fort Benning, Georgia
Key Assignment
Commander, Company B, 1st Infantry Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Highest Award
Unavailable
Year Inducted
1997
Branch Of Service
Infantry
Rank
Colonel
HF ID #
HF_01887

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