Colonel William E. Daniels was commissioned a Finance Corps Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 21 February 1967.  His first duty assignment was as Chief, Travel Division, Finance and Accounting Office, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant Finance and Accounting Officer, 101st Airborne Division, Republic of Vietnam; Instructor and Plans Officer, U.S. Army Finance School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Assistant School Secretary, U.S. Army Finance School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Organization and Equipment Officer, Personnel and Admin Combat Development Activity, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Chief, Civilian Pay, Central Finance and Accounting, Heidelberg, Germany; Assistant Executive Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Resource Management, Hq USAREUR, Heidelberg, Germany; Commander, 27th Finance Section NATO/Shape Support Group, Casteau, Belgium; Commander, Finance and Accounting Act, USAIndianaSCOM, Arlington Hall, Virginia; Inspector, DA Inspector General Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.;  Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management, 1st Special Operations Command (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina;Deputy Chief of Staff, Resource Management, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management, XVIII Abn Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His military schools attended include:  Army War College, Air War College, Armed Forces Staff College, Command and General Staff College, Finance Officer Advance and Basic Courses, Airborne School and Professional Military Comptrollers School. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ three Oak Leaf Clusters, Parachutist Badge and Republic of Vietnam Parachutist Badge.