Colonel William W. Hunter, Jr., was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-62, 28 March 1962. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Company Platoon Leader, 2d Battle Group, 34th Infantry, Republic of Korea. | His subsequent assignments include: Infantry Battalion Advisor, IV Corps, Republic of Vietnam;  Province S-3 Advisor, Military Assistance Command, Republic of Vietnam; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 931st Engineer Group, Fort Benning, Georgia;  Battalion Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 818th Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia; Assistant Brigade S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173d Airborne Brigade, Republic of Vietnam; Battalion s-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 503d Airborne Infantry, Republic of Vietnam; Chief, Officer Branch Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel Headquarters, 3d United States Army, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Chief, Distribution Branch, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Headquarters, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Instructor, United States Army Infantry School, 10th Company, 1st Battalion, The Support Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Second United States Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia