Colonel Ronald Lucian Hall was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-59, 18 December 1959. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, 2nd Battle Group, 8th Infantry Regiment, lst Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Army Garrison, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Executive Officer, E Company, 1st Battle Group, 34th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army Europe, Germany; S-3 and later served as C Company Commander, 15t Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, United States Europe, Germany; Company Commander, Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army Europe, Germany; Instructor, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Staff Officer, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam; Staff Officer and Detachment Conunander, 2174th United States Army Garrison; Action Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Director of Industrial Operations, Fort Riley, Kansas.