Colonel Robert H. Ray was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Office Candidate School Class 440, 24 April 1945. | His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, IRTC at Camp Wheeler in Macon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Platoon Leader, Cannon Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Japan; Regimental Motor Officer, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Japan;  Assistant S-3, 206th Field Artillery Battalion, 43d Infantry Division, Camp Pickett, Virginia; Assistant G-3, 43d Infantry Division, Camp Pickett, Virginia; Executive Officer and S-3, United States Army Arctic Indoctrination School, Big Delta, Alaska; Commander, 206th Field Artillery;  Director of Training and Chief of Staff, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Vermont Army National Guard, Vermont.