Colonel Ronald George Linn was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-70, 23 January 1970. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, D Company, 2d Battalion, 52d Infantry. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, B Company 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry 101st Abn Div, Vietnam; Sensor Officer, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborn Division, Control Group (IRR); Executive Officer, CSC, 2d Battalion, 112th Infantry; Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 242d Infantry; Commander, C Company, 1st Battalion, 242d Infantry; Assistant S-3, 1st Brigade, 42d Division; Commander C Company, 2d Battalion, 310th Regiment, 2d Brigade, 78th Division; and Chief of Staff, 77th Regional Support Command, Fort Totten, New York.