Colonel Robert Paul Monfore was commissioned an Engineer Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 6, 26 June 1947. His first duty assignment was as an Aviation Engineer Officer, 5th Air Force, Kimpo Air Base, Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Maintenance Officer, 621st Engineer Maintenance Company, McDill, Air Force Base, Florida; Platoon Leader, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Maintenance Advisor, Korean Military Advisory Group, Taegu, Korea; Company Commander, 598th Airborne Engineer Company, 508th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Headquarters Company Commander, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Staff Officer, Military Equipment Delivery Team, CINCPAC, Rangoon, Burma; Maintenance Instructor, SOPMD, USArmor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Military Construction Advisor Ministry of National Defense, Seoul, Korea; Commanding Officer, 62nd Engineer Battalion, Landclearing, Long Binh, Vietnam; Staff Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, and Seventh Army, Heidelberg, Germany. | Colonel Monfore was Owner and Operator of M-4 Ranch, Wagner, South Dakota, at the time of his induction.