Thomas H. Tackaberry

Lieutenant General Thomas H. Tackaberry was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 484-45, 30 August 1945. His first duty assignment was as Company Officer, 2d Parachute Training Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commanding Officer, 245th Quartermaster Depot Supply Company, Germany; Platoon Leader, 279th Quartermaster Refrigeration Company, Germany; Instructor, Constabulary School, Germany; Company Executive Officer and Platoon Leader, 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment and Assistant G-3, 2d Infantry Division during the Korean War; Assistant Professor of Military Science, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington; Assistant G-3 Plans Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Human Factors Engineering Branch, Army Research Office of Research and Development, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Staff Officer, Operations and Training, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy; Commander, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile); G-5, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam; Deputy Director, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Army; Commander, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, Vietnam; Chief of Staff, Americal Division, Vietnam; Deputy Director, Individual Training for ROTC Affairs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army.