Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur A. Sidney was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1950. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, Company D, 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, Company D, 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Rifle Platoon Leader and Company Commander, Company L, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, Korea; S-2, Headquarters & Headquarters Company-3 (HHC-3), 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, Korea; Company Commander, Company L, 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Campbell, Kentucky; S-2, HHC-3, 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Japan; Company Commander, Company L, 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, Japan and USA; Company Commander, Company C, 501st Airborne Infantry Combat Group, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Brigade Air Officer/Commander Brigade Aviation Platoon, 2d Infantry Brigade (STRAC), Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Company Commander, Division Aviation Company, 24th Infantry Division, Germany; Executive Officer, HH-Troop, 2/9 Cavalry Squadron, 24th Infantry Division, Germany; Civil Affairs Staff Officer, Aviation, Special Warfare, Headquarters II, U.S. Army Corps, Fort Wadsworth, New York; Battalion Commander, 210th Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam; Deputy Commanding Officer, HHC, 12th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam; Chief, Aviation Safety Division, Headquarters, USARV, Vietnam; Airfield Commander, Vietnam; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Analysis/Chief Data Collection Division, HHC and Special Troops, Headquarters, TASCOM, Germany; Headquarters Commandant/Commander Special Troops, Headquarters, TASCOM, Germany; Chief, Branch Assistance Team Infantry (Special Forces/Army Aviation), Readiness Group Los Angeles, Fort McArthur, California. | Colonel Kington retired from his civilian occupation as a Real Estate Investor.