William R. Clontz

Colonel William R. Clontz was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 17 August 1967. His first duty assignment was as a Mortar Platoon Leader, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Vietnam. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, 2d Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, l0lst Airborne Division, Vietnam; A Team Leader and Adjutant, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Attack Helicopter Platoon Commander and Operations Officer, 2d Battalion, 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam; Attack Helicopter Platoon Commander, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Division Aviation Operations Officer and Company Commander, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Psychological Operations, Civil Military Operations Instructor, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion S-3 and Blackhawk Project Officer, 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Assault Helicopter Company Commander, Company B. 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; U.S. Army Representative, French Ecole de Guerre, Paris, France; Joint Planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Battalion Commander, 24th Aviation Battalion, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; Chief, Training and Doctrine Command, Liason Network, Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Embassy, France; and Commander, 82nd Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.