Wilbur F. Price

Colonel Wilbur F. Price was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 6 December 1944, class number 370. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, Company I, 10th Infantry, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Motor Transportation Officer, Headquarters, 3rd Bn, 10th Inf, Camp Campbell, Kentucky; Co Exec & Bn S-3, 81st Med Tk Bn, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas; Rifle Plat Ldr, 1st Bn, 4th Inf, Alaska; Co Training Detachment, Headquarters, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Ass’t S-3, Headquarters Fort Richardson, Alaska; Company Co, 278th RCT, Camp Drum, New York; Inf TAC Inst, CAD 1802d SP Regiment USMA; Regimental Adjutant, Headquarters, 1st RCT USMA, West Point; BG Adjutant, Headquarters, 1st BG, 1st Inf, USMA, West Point; G-3 Air Off, Headquarters, I Corps (GP), Korea; S3/EXO, 1st ABG, 501st Inf, Fort Campbell; Ass’t IG, Headquarters, 101st Abn Div, Fort Campbell; Pers Staff Off, ODCSPER-DA, Washington, D.C.; Bn CO, 3rd Bn, 32d Inf, 7th Div, Korea. | His awards and decorations include: Army Commendation Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart, Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster).