Colonel Richard C. Rescorla was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 4-65, 19 April 1965. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7111 Cavalry, Cavalry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Platoon Leader, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7'11 Cavalry, Cavalry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Senior Teach Assess and Counsel Officer, 73d Company 7`11 Battalion, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Senior Teach Assess and Counsel Officer, Headquarters Detachment, Oklahoma National Guard Support Headquarters Brigade (Officer Candidate School) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Battalion Executive Officer, Battalion, 18th Infantry, 45th Brigade, Oklahoma National Guard, Edmond, Oklahoma; Company Commander, Combat Support Company, Battalion, 4511' Infantry Brigade; Public Safety Officer, 308th Civil Affairs Group, 86th United States Army Reserve Command, Rosewood, Illinois; S-3, ls' Brigade, 85th Training Division 56' United States Army, Waukegan, Illinois: Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 337'h Mechanized Infantry, 1st Brigade, 85th Training Division, United States Army Reserve, Chicago, Illinois; Emergency Planning Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency.