Colonel Lester R. Bowen Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 29 August 1969. His first duty assignment was as a Weapons Platoon Leader, 2d Battalion (Mechanized), 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Motor Officer, 2d Battalion, 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division, […]
Colonel Rodney D. Burns was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 11 December 1967. His first duty assignment was as the Assistant Adjutant, E Company, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Command and Control North, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Danang, Vietnam; […]
Colonel Joseph C. Bowen was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 19 June 1970. His first duty assignment was as S-4, 708th Maintenance Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, Federal Republic of Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Technical Supply Officer, 708th Maintenance Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, Federal Republic of Germany; S-2 and S-3, […]
Colonel Adolph L. Belser was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 12 April 1944. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 130th Battalion, 81st Regiment, Camp Robinson, Arkansas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, 397th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division and 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division, Germany; Executive Officer, 11th Airborne […]
Colonel N. Glenn Blackburn was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 8 August 1969. He completed Airborne School and was assigned as a Tactical Officer and Executive Officer, 51st Company, 5th Student Battalion. | His duty assignments included the 101st Airborne Division-Vietnam, 10th Special Forces Group, 172nd […]
Colonel Timothy C. Barrick was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 27 January 1967. His first duty assignment was as Training officer, Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, U.S. Army Infantry Training Center, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include; Platoon Leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry […]
Colonel David A. Bartruff was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 19 May 1969. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, Company A, 2d Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, U.S. Army Training Center Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, Company A, 3d Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, […]
Colonel Brice H. Barnes was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 16 August 16 1965. His first duty assignment was with the 36th Separate Infantry Brigade, Texas Army National Guard. | His subsequent duty assignments include: service at Fort Hood, Texas; Platoon Leader, 2d Battalion, 47th Infantry (Mechanized), 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam; Scout Platoon […]
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Colonel Irving O. Barker was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 14 April 1943. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 88th Glider Infantry Regiment, Airborne Command, Fort Meade, South Dakota. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Executive Officer and Battalion Intelligence Officer, Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 88th Glider Infantry Regiment, […]
