Colonel Walter Richard Rehm was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 10 April 1946, class number 537. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 6th Infantry Regiment, INRTC Fort McClellan, Alabama. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, 1512th Engineer Construction Company and 26th Infantry Regiment, Europe; Platoon Leader and Fire Direction Officer, 26th Infantry Regiment, Europe; Company Commander, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia and Europe; Infantry Advisor, Indiana National Guard Advisor Group, Logansport, Indiana; Assistant Billeting Officer, Billeting Officer, Seoul Area Command, Korea; XO/Battalion Commander, 3d Training Regiment Basic, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Assistant S-3/Battery Commander, Liaison Officer, 2d Howitzer, Battalion 31st Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Field Artillery Advisor, 5th U.S. Army Advisor Group, Denver, Colorado; Battalion Commander, 2d Battalion, 77th Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington and 4th Infantry Division, Vietnam; G-4, HHC, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Chief, Organization and Training Division/Deputy for Surveillance/Acting Director of Intelligence Development, OACSI, DA, Washington, D.C.; Chief Plans Division and Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Reserve Forces, 6th U.S. Army, San Francisco, California; Coordination Chief/XO/Chief, Plans and Policy, U.S. Army Readiness Region VIII, Denver, Colorado. | Colonel Rehm's awards and decorations include: Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion Of Merit Oak Leaf Cluster).