Colonel Thomas B. Witt was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 24 October 1968. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Tactics Instructor, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. |  His subsequent duty assignments include: Senior Advisor, Mobile Advisory Team 107, IV Corps Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam; Commander, Company E, 5th Battalion, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington; S-2, 1st Basic Training Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington; S-1, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington; Chief, Personnel Branch, Personnel Administration and Support Office, U.S. Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Adjutant, Headquarters, Frankfurt Military Community, Frankfurt, Germany; Chief, Personnel Management Division, Regional Personnel Center, Frankfurt, Germany; Commander, 378th Personnel Service Company, 22nd Personnel and Administration Battalion, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; Executive Officer, 22nd Personnel and Administration Battalion, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; Professor of Military Science, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota; Commander, 1st Personnel and Administration Battalion, 13th Support Command (Corps), III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Assistant Chief of Staff, G1/Adjutant General, 1st Armored Division, Anshach, Germany; Director, Personnel Services Support, 1st Personnel Command, Schwetzingen, Germany; Director, Personnel and Community Activities, Fort Meade, Maryland. | Colonel Witt was serving as Director of Family Support, U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center, Alexandria, Virginia, at the time of his Hall of Fame induction.