the artillery officer candidate school hall of fame at

The Artillery Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Sill in 1984

FORT SILL

ARTILLERY OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL

HALL OF FAME

The Hall of Fame was established on June 29, 1968 to honor the heroism and distinguished service of

graduates of the Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill.

Graduates of other OCS programs who have served as Artillerymen with a record of heroic or

distinguished service are also honored in the Hall of Fame.

2020 Artillery OCS Hall of Fame Inductees

First Middle Last Location Class

BG James W. Henderson Camp Davis Unk - 1942

2LT Albert A. Alop Camp Davis Unk - 1943

MG Hugh B. Mott Camp Davis Unk - 1943

MG Francis J. Higgins Camp Davis Unk - 1943

COL Walter F. Goodman, Jr. Fort Sill 63 - 43

COL Charles W. Stockell Fort Sill 67 - 43

BG Bienvenido R. Castro Fort Riley 18 - 49

COL Gary C. Mahan Fort Bliss AAA Unk - 1952

COL Edward C. Rushkowski Fort Sill 52 - 54

Mr Jimmie L. (Jim) Hamilton Fort Sill 2 - 56

COL Fletcher H. Maffett Fort Sill 4 - 57

COL Wilfred H. Schlather Fort Sill R2 - 59

LTC Fred C. Dunaway Fort Sill 4 - 61

COL Earl R. Tatum Fort Sill R1A - 61

COL Daniel R. Larned Fort Sill 10 - 65

MAJ Wulf R. Lindenau Fort Sill 1 - 66

COL Bert T. Robison Fort Sill R1 - 67

COL William J. Kelley, Jr. Fort Sill 9 - 67

COL Thomas M. Stenger Fort Sill 31A - 67

COL Ellis C. Perkins, Jr. Fort Sill 2 - 69

Artillery OCS Hall of Fame

Brigadier General

James W. Henderson

Camp Davis 1942

General Henderson enlisted in the South Carolina National Guard on 7 October

1940. He entered active service with the 107th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion

on 10 February 1941. He attended Officer Candidate School at Camp Davis, North

Carolina and was commissioned on 17 July 1942. General Henderson was promoted

to first lieutenant on 28 September 1942. He was given command of a battery and

promoted to captain on 23 April 1943. He served in this capacity with the 9th

Infantry Division during World War II and was promoted to major on 23 December

1945.

On release from active duty, General Henderson transferred to the Army Reserve.

He took a reduction on 3 March 1947 to the grade of captain to command a battery

in the South Carolina National Guard. On 1 August 1952, he was promoted to major.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 13 May 1957 and assumed command of

the 1st AW Battalion, 263d Artillery (Air Defense). He was promoted to colonel on

25 May 1967 and became the Combat Command Commander of the 51st Command

Headquarters, Divisional.

Upon reorganization of the National Guard in January 1968, General Henderson

became the Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 30th Infantry Division. In April 1969,

he became Commander, Emergency Operations Headquarters No. 51, South

Carolina Army National Guard. In September 1969, he was subsequently recognized

as brigadier general of the Line. In 1971, General Henderson was appointed

Assistant Adjutant General of South Carolina.

General Henderson’s decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the American

Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-

Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with five Stars and the World War II Victory

Medal.


Second Lieutenant

Albert A. Alop

Camp Davis 1943


Major General

Hugh B. Mott

Camp Davis 1943

Returning to Tennessee as a highly decorated war hero, he won election to the Tennessee House

of Representatives, serving from 1948 to 1951. Joining the Tennessee National Guard, he quickly

rose through the ranks to major general and was named Adjutant General for the State of Tennessee

in 1968, serving until 1971. He led the Guard in suppressing civil unrest in Nashville following

the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis in 1968.


Major General

Francis J. Higgins

Camp Davis 1943

General Higgins enlisted as a private in the 212th Coast Artillery, New York National Guard in

1940. He was commissioned in Coast Artillery (AA) in 1943 and served in Alaska and the Aleutian

Islands. In 1944, he was detailed to Infantry and served as a Platoon Leader and Company

Commander until he was released from active duty in 1946.

From 1946 to 1948, General Higgins served with the 313th Coast Artillery, United States Army

Reserve. He joined the 244th Coast Artillery, New York National Guard, as a Battery Commander

in 1948. He was ordered to active duty during the Korean Conflict in 1951 and served with the

259th AAA Gun Battalion, New York Army National Guard as S-2 and S-3. He served in Korea

with the 68th AAA Gun Battalion and was released from active duty in 1953.

General Higgins was promoted to major in the 244th AAA Group, New York Army National

Guard, in 1953. He was transferred to the State Headquarters Detachment in February 1955 as

Assistant G-3. He was employed as a technician and assigned as the first Air Defense Officer for

New York. This position involved the establishment and operation of the New York National

Guard's participation in the active air defense of the United States. In 1958. he became Assistant

Operations Officer for the New York Army National Guard in the grade of lieutenant colonel and

served in that assignment until 1961.

In April 1961, General Higgins was appointed State Judge Advocate and promoted to the grade

of colonel and transferred to Judge Advocate General's Corps in 1962. In this assignment he served

until September 1967, at which time he was appointed Counsel to the New York State Public

Employment Relations Board. During the period of this appointment, he continued in his

assignment to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment. New York Army National Guard.

On 26 September 1968, he was appointed the Adjutant General, State of New York in the grade

of brigadier general. He was federally recognized as brigadier general 10 December 1968. His

position was later redesignated as Vice Chief of Staff. On 1 July 1971, he was appointed Deputy

Commanding General, New York Army National Guard. On 1 January 1973 he was appointed

Vice Chief of Staff to the Governor. He was reassigned as Commander, Emergency Command

Section; promoted and federally recognized as major general on 18 May 1978.

Major General Higgins’ decorations include the Legion of Merit.


Colonel

Walter F. Goodman, Jr.

Class 63-43

Colonel Goodman’s initial assignment upon graduation from OCS was to the

Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland. He then went to Tizi

Ouzou, Algeria for assignment as a student at the joint British and U. S. Civil Affairs

school for soldiers destined for duty in support of combat operations and the military

government of Italy.

In January 1944, he was assigned as a Civil Affairs officer in the British 8th Army,

which oversaw units moving north up the Adriatic side of Italy. In this assignment,

he was often one of the first soldiers to enter a town, where he would assess and

report on the status of each community and take actions to establish Allied control

of those communities.

Colonel Goodman served with various British and Canadian divisions as the fighting

moved up the east side of Italy. He was temporarily on the west side of Italy when

British units reinforced U.S. operations at Monte Casino. At the end of fighting in

Italy, he was the Civil Affairs officer responsible for several towns near Milan.

He was then selected to support the joint British and U. S. military government at

Venezia Giulia (Trieste). At the end of the war, this region was contested between

Italy and Yugoslavia; the Allies jointly governed there until issues could be resolved.

On returning to Texas, he joined the Army Reserve Texas-Oklahoma 90th Division,

where he served for several years in Field Artillery units. In 1964 he joined the 362nd

Civil Affairs Area B Headquarters (now Brigade) in Dallas and served as

commander of the unit during the late 1960s.

Colonel Goodman’s decorations include the Legion of Merit, European Campaign

Medal with three campaign stars, and the Army of Occupation Medal.


Colonel

Charles W. Stockell

Class 67-43

Colonel Stockell served as a Forward Observer with the 2nd Infantry Division during

the assault on Omaha Beach on D-Day in Normandy, France. He was badly injured

in a mortar attack two months later and spent three months in a British hospital. He

rejoined his unit in time to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in December. Before the

war was over, he had flown 207 missions as an Aerial Observer and was the recipient

of a Bronze Star for Valor and four Purple Hearts.

Upon his return home after WW II and discharge from the Army, he finished his

college education at Vanderbilt University. When the Korean War started, he re-

entered the Army and transferred to the Military Intelligence Branch. After learning

to speak Russian and attending Foreign Area Specialist training, he served as a

military attaché assigned to the US Embassy in the Soviet Union.

Colonel Stockell remained in strategic intelligence work concentrating on the Soviet

Union for the remainder of his Army career, having several commands and serving

in Thailand, Laos and Germany. After attending the Army War College and serving

on the faculty, he became one of the top specialists in his field.

During his busy career in the military, he found time to travel to over 70 countries

and almost every continent, enjoying and learning from their cultures. In addition,

after his retirement he became a professor at USC-Beaufort, teaching courses on

international affairs and the Russian/Soviet threats around the world at the time.

At the age of 90, Colonel Stockell was inducted by the French government into the

National Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest military or civilian honor in

France. The Legion of Honor was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to

recognize military and civilian service to the French Republic.


Brigadier General

Bienvenido R. Castro

Fort Riley Class 18-49

Brigadier General Bienvenido R. Castro was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer

upon graduation from Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas. His initial

duty assignment was as Battery Officer, 20th Battalion Combat Team (Philippine

Expeditionary Forces to Korea) during the Korean Campaign.

His subsequent duty assignments include:

Operations Officer, Signal School Branch, Philippine Army School Center.

Assistant Operations Officer, Headquarters, Philippine Army School Command.

Tactical and Supply Officer, University of the East, Philippine ROTC.

S-2 Officer, 8th Battalion Combat Team, Philippine Army.

Commander, Company B, 8th Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Division.

Officer, Head Ranger Department, Philippine Army School Center.

Chief, Procurement and Separation School Section, OJI, General Headquarters,

Camp Aquinaldo, Philippine.

Chief, Training and Operation Branch, Headquarters G-3, Philippine Army.

Assistant G-3, Headquarters, Philippine Army.

Commander, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Magsaysay, Philippines

Chief Liaison, 1st Philippine Civic Action Group to Vietnam (PHILCAG).

Commander, 10th Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Philippines.

Superintendent, Manila Reserve Officers Training Corps, Philippines.

Commanding General, Lanao Civic Action Force, Philippine.

Director, ROTC, Washington TC, CAT, and Youth Affairs, General Headquarters,

Armed Forces of the Philippines.

President, Military Tribunal, NR3.

Commanding General, Armed Forces of the Philippines Training Center.

General Castro's decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf

Cluster and the Bronze Star Medal.


Colonel

Gary C. Mahan

AAA OCS Fort Bliss 1952

Colonel Mahan enlisted in the U.S. Army in May 1951 and was assigned to the 8th

Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was Honor Graduate of his

Anti-Aircraft Artillery OCS Class at Fort Bliss.

In Korea he was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division where he commanded

Headquarters Battery and C Battery of the 15th Airborne Division and was

Operations Officer of the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. In

Vietnam he was an assistant G3 at Headquarters, II Field Force at Long Binh.

His career includes service as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg,

North Carolina, command of a double Nike battery in the 54th AAA Missile

Battalion in Maryland, command of the 8-inch Howitzer Battery of the 1st Battalion,

9th Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division in Germany, and attendance at Command and

General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Following his service in Vietnam, Colonel Mahan was assigned to the Pentagon in

as an assistant to the Secretary of the General Staff where he performed the duties

of Congressional Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army, General William C.

Westmoreland, for three years.

He later commanded the 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade at Homestead

Air Force Base. Florida followed by assignment to the Army War College in

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He culminated his career as the Commander of the 1st ADA

Training Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Colonel Mahan’s decorations include the Legions of Merit with two Oak Leaf

Clusters, and the Army Commendation Medal.


Colonel

Edward C. Rushkowski

Class 52-54

Colonel Rushkowski was initially assigned to 11th Field Artillery Battalion, Army

Forces Far East (AFFE), where he served as a Recon and Survey Officer, Forward

Observer and Service Battery Commander. He later served as Battery Executive

Officer 187th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. In

Germany he served with the 265th Field Artillery Battalion as a Gun Platoon

Commander and Battery Executive Officer. He later commanded Battery B, 3rd

Missile Battalion (280mm) 81st Artillery and was the Assistant Operations Officer

1st Howitzer Battalion, 2nd Artillery.

As a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard 3rd Battalion, 5th Artillery

he served first as the Adjutant and later commanded a battery. After attending the

Command and General Staff College he served a tour with Military Assistance

Command Vietnam (MACV) as an Assistant G-3 Operations Advisor in I Corps and

then returned to the National Guard in Boston as an Active Guard and Reserve

(AGR) Artillery Advisor.

Colonel Rushkowski went on to serve as a Nuclear Weapons Officer at U.S. Army

Pacific Headquarters followed by command of 1st Battalion 79th Artillery, 7th

Division with duty in Korea.

He then served more than six years as Plans Officer, first at Headquarters Pacific

Command, then at the Pentagon and finally at the USA Enhanced Launcher

Electronic System (ELES) Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington D.C.

He culminated his career as the Chief of the National Military Command System

[NMCS] Support Division.

Colonel Rushkowski’s decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, The

Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal.


Jimmie L. (Jim) Hamilton

Class 2-56

Jim Hamilton completed Army Primary Flight Training and Fixed Wing Tactical Flight Training

after graduating from OCS. He then served with XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, Aviation Section

at Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and was discharged in 1958.

He became a flight instructor at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Columbia, South Carolina,

but immediately saw promise in developing Owens Field located about six miles to the east. Only

five private airplanes were based at Owens Field and there were no hangars. He started Midland

Aviation in a one-room office in 1962 and soon moved the business to Owens Field. In twenty

years, the Midland Aviation grew to 26 full-time and six part time employees with a six instructor,

eight plane FAA approved flying school. Jim Hamilton went on to spend 46 years as the Volunteer

Airport Manager and the airport grew to a modern IFR Day/Night FAA designated reliever airport

serving the flying public and home base to 119 aircraft. He and his family provided all the

personnel and equipment necessary to operate the airport at their own expense and his donated

time as Airport Manager saved the county hundreds of thousands of dollars. Upon his retirement,

the airport was renamed Jim Hamilton-L.B. Owens Airport in recognition of his significant

contributions to its preservation and improvement.

Jim Hamilton organized the Jamil "Flying Fezzes" in 1974 to fly burned and crippled children to

Shrine Hospitals all over the country. He flew many of the missions, including transportation of

donated organs to distant cities and continued this charitable service to the community for more

than 45 years. He made hundreds of flights at his own expense reuniting the deathly ill with loved

ones or helping others in crisis. Over the years he donated aircraft for use by State Law

Enforcement, the FBI, the DEA and the Richland and Lexington Sheriff's Departments before

those entities were able to acquire aviation assets. He Served on the South Carolina Aeronautics

Commission from 1985 through 1993 by special appointment from two governors. He was elected

Chairman of the Aeronautics Commission serving in that capacity from 1989 through 1993 and

was elected again to Aeronautics Commission from February 2005 through August 2007.

When he sees a need, he resolves to fill it in one way or another. He has guided hundreds of kids

toward aviation through the Young Eagles program with his Experimental Aircraft Association

Chapter that has given more than 10,000 free airplane rides to youth. He was named South Carolina

Aviator of the Year and Inducted into the South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame in 1993. He is

the recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded to citizens of South

Carolina for extraordinary lifetime service and achievements of national or statewide significance.


Colonel

Fletcher H. Maffett

Class 4-57

Colonel Maffett’s first duty assignment was as Chief, Nuclear Warhead Branch,

Nike Hercules Division, United States Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas.

His subsequent duty assignments include: Fire Direction Officer, 1st Missile

Battalion, 42nd Artillery, 4th United States Army Missile Command, Camp Page,

Korea; Commanding Officer, 232nd Signal Company, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;

Instrument Flight Instructor, United States Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker,

Alabama; Commanding Officer, Bravo Company, 504th Aviation Battalion, 4th

Armored Division, Furth Army Air Field, Germany; Commander, 219th Airplane

Company, Vietnam; Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary of the Army, The

Pentagon; Commander, 40th Signal Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Military

Planning Officer, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army, The Pentagon; System

Architect and Engineer for Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control

Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army (Operations and Plans), The

Pentagon; Commander, United States Army Communications Command (Alaska),

Fort Richardson, Alaska; Chief, Command, Control and Surveillance Division,

Office of the Chief of Staff, Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), The

Pentagon; Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, Army (Research, Development

and Acquisition), The Pentagon.

Colonel Maffett's decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the

Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the

Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters and the Meritorious

Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.


Colonel

Wilfred H. Schlather

Class R2-59

Colonel Schlather spent four years of enlisted time with the 155th Field Artillery,

Texas Army National Guard prior to being selected to attend the Special Reserve

Officer Candidate School course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

After graduation from OCS, he served with the 5th Battalion, 155th Field Artillery

in a variety of positions including Forward Observer, Battalion Adjutant, Assistant

Operations Officer, Liaison Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander.

Later, with the 4th Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery (Reorganized) he performed duty

as Liaison Officer and later Battalion Adjutant. His next assignment was Inspector

General (IG) with the 36th (Separate) Infantry Brigade.

Colonel Schlather’s next assignment was duty with Headquarters Battery, Division

Artillery, 49th Armored Division as the Assistant Operations Officer. After unit re-

organization he served first as the Division Artillery Fire Direction Officer and later

Assistant Battalion Operations Officer.

He next commanded 4th Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery and then served as the 49th

Armored Division Artillery Operations Officer. After transfer to the Ready Reserve

Group, he served with the 416th Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA)

Detachment (R &D) in San Antonio, Texas until his retirement.

Colonel Schlather’s decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal.


Lieutenant Colonel

Fred C. Dunaway

Class 4-61

Lieutenant Colonel Dunaway served as Assistant Operations Officer with the 504th Aviation

Battalion in Germany and a tour of duty with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. He was selected

to command 135th Assault Helicopter Company (AHC) Experimental Military Unit (EMU), 214th

Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade during his second tour in Vietnam.

His career included service as a staff officer at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Training

and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He later served as the Senior

Representative of the Technical Assistance Field Team (TAFT) in Esfahan, Iran. He culminated

his career as commander of a Basic Training Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

The 135th AHC EMU was a one-of-a-kind unit that combined the skills of the U.S. Army and the

Australian Navy. It remained in existence for four years and he led the effort to have both

governments authorize American Combat awards to the Australian Navy personnel of the 135th

AHC. In 2002 a monument was dedicated in Australia to the 37 men KIA while serving with the

unit and in 2005, a sister monument was dedicated at Veterans Memorial Park at Fort Rucker.

In 2017, Lieutenant Colonel Dunaway participated in a Military Tribunal of the Australian

Government that ultimately led to the award of the Unit Citation for Gallantry for the 135th AHC

EMU and the U.S. Army authorized it to be awarded to all U.S. members of the unit. On April 25,

2019, Commodore David Farthing, RAN (Retired) flew in from Australia to personally deliver the

awards on ANZAC Day of Remembrance. Commodore Farthing and Major General William

Gaylor, Fort Rucker's Commanding General, presented the Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry

and accompanying ribbon to 35 former U.S. members of the unit in attendance.

Lieutenant Colonel Dunaway is recognized for his life-long service to our nation and for his

extraordinary efforts to keep the story of the 135th AHC EMU alive and ensuring that the legacy

of those comrades in arms are never forgotten. The individual and unit awards to the members of

the 135th AHC EMU only happened because of his dedication to see it happen in both countries.

His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism, The Bronze Star with two

Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal

with 18 Oak Leaf Clusters.


Colonel

Earl R. Tatum

Class R1A-61

Colonel Tatum started his military path early by graduating from Lyman Military

Academy in Camp Hill, Alabama in 1953. He enlisted in the Army from 1953-1959

and joined the Illinois Army National Guard as an operations sergeant. He was

selected to attend the Special Reserve Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill

in 1961 graduating on September 2, 1961.

His first assignment as a commissioned officer was as a Platoon Leader of a Nike

Hercules missile unit. He later served in the position of Executive Officer for several

different Nike Hercules batteries.

In 1968 Colonel Tatum assumed command of a Nike Hercules Battery and continued

in that position until 1974 when it phased out. During 1972 he was one of four

officers in NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) selected as an

Outstanding Company Grade Officer. During his time as the Battery Commander

his unit was chosen as first runner-up for the best unit in the entire U.S. Army Air

Defense Command.

From 1982-1985 he served as the Illinois Army National Guard state recruiting and

retention officer. During his time in that position the strength of the Illinois Army

National Guard rose from 82 to 99%.

Colonel Tatum retired in June 1990 as Chief of Staff of the Illinois Army National

Guard.


Colonel

Daniel R. Larned

Class 10-65

Colonel Larned completed Airborne training and Ranger School prior to attending

Officer Candidate School. He was the Honor graduate of his OCS class. His first

assignment after graduation was to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North

Carolina. He served four years and seven months in command of Infantry units and

his time in the military included ten years, six months of foreign service.

During his distinguished career he attended Lecole De Guerre-Terre (French War

College) in Paris, France, spent two years at the Army War College and studied

Arabic at the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.

He served as a Defense Attaché at the Paris, France Embassy for three years and

culminated his career in that assignment.

Colonel Larned’s decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the

Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with “V” Device and four Oak Leaf Clusters, the

Meritorious Service Medal, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal

with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Combat Infantryman Badge.


Major

Wulf R. Lindenau

Class 1-66

Major Lindenau was born in Memel, East Prussia, Germany near the end of World

War II. After the war, his mother married a U.S. Army Colonel, and he and his

siblings became US citizens. He was schooled in German and American schools,

graduated from Heidelberg High School.

He joined the U.S. Army and after graduating from OCS he completed two tours of

duty in Vietnam, an assignment as a Professor at West Point, and several

assignments as an Intelligence Officer. He retired after 20 1/2 years of military

service.

Major Lindenau retired as a GS-15 after a second career of 23 years in civilian

Government service with the Treasury Department, the U.S. Agency for

International Development (USAID) and the General Services Administration

(GSA). His civilian career began as a Security Officer with the Bureau of Engraving

and Printing, Washington, D.C., and subsequent service with USAID, where he was

the Agency's Director of Physical Security for all USAID missions worldwide. His

U.S. Government service culminated with GSA as the National Director of

Operations for the Federal Protective Service (FPS) and then Director of FPS - the

Police Force responsible for the National Capital Region.

After retirement he continued his life-long outstanding service to the nation with

organizations supporting veterans. He served as the Commander of the American

Legion, Washington, D.C., Commander of the Army / Navy Union, Washington,

D.C., and Commander General of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

Major Lindenau’s decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal

and the Combat Infantryman Badge.


Colonel

Bert T. Robison

Class R1-67

Colonel Robison's initial assignment after OCS was to Headquarters Battery, 1st

Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery in the Utah Army National Guard. His next

assignment was platoon leader, 625th Military Police Company followed by service

as Executive Officer Battery B, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery.

After assignment to the Inactive Ready Reserve Control Group, he became an active

member of the U.S. Army Reserve with duty as Motor Officer, Headquarters Battery

6th Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery. He then served three years in command of a

Battery in the Battalion prior to assuming duty as the Battalion S-1. After attending

the Field Artillery Advanced Course, he returned to the 6th Battalion, 83rd Field

Artillery as the Battalion S-1 followed by three years as the Battalion Operations

Officer.

Colonel Robison then served as Training Officer, Headquarters, 96th U.S. Army

Reserve Command prior to his returning to the 6th Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery,

first as Executive Officer and later Battalion Commander.

He then served with the 96th U.S. Army Reserve Command as Chief of the

Mobilization Division, then Deputy Chief of Staff, Information Management and

culminated his career as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Force Development.

Colonel Robison's decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service

Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.


Colonel

William J. Kelley, Jr.

Class 9-67

Colonel Kelley served two tours in Vietnam and later earned a degree in accounting

from the University of Texas in El Paso. He joined the Army Audit Agency in 1974

after graduating from the Command and General Staff College.

His career included many years on active duty as well as service in the Army

National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. Beginning in 1985, he focused his

career on forensic auditing. He also commanded two direct support artillery

battalions and the 40th Infantry Division Artillery and was activated to support the

military operations combating the LA Riots of 1992. He served for two years as

president of the National Guard Field Artillery Council.

Following the events of 9/11, from January 2002 until December 2006, he returned

to active duty as the senior military officer in the Office of the Inspector General of

the Department of Defense, as well as Director for Data Mining Directorate. During

this assignment, Bill made significant contributions that directly impacted defense

policy and national security. His efforts earned him a Fed 100 award.

Colonel Kelley was a sought-after speaker in forensic auditing and made numerous

presentations on this topic over the course of his career, including to the European

Fraud Conference, Association of Government Auditors and the General Services

Administration Smart Card Pay Conference.

In April 2004, he testified with the General Accountability Office before the

Committee of Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, on the benefits of smarter

use of government purchase cards and how it could save taxpayers hundreds of

millions of dollars. His efforts in this area resulted in significant savings.

Colonel Kelley's decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the

Bronze Star Medal and the Legion of Merit.


Colonel

Thomas M. Stenger

Class 31A-67

Colonel Stenger's first duty assignment was with 1st Battalion, 2nd Artillery in Germany, where

he served in a variety of assignments including Battalion Motor Officer, Battery Executive Officer

and Battery Commander.

During an extended tour in Vietnam from July 1969 to September 1971, he served as Assistant

Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 40th Artillery and then Liaison Officer, 108th Artillery Group.

He later commanded Battery A, 1st Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery and then served as Liaison

Officer, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery prior to assuming command of Battery A, 1st Battalion,

21st Field Artillery.

Colonel Stenger completed the Field Artillery Advanced Course and then served with the Staff

and Faculty Battalion at Fort Sill as an Artillery Tactics Instructor, Training Extension Course

Military Author and finally the Team Chief of the Field Artillery School Brigade Mobile Training

Team.

As a member of the US Army Reserve, he served in successive assignments with the 4003rd U.S.

Army Garrison, Ardmore, Oklahoma Detachment One as the Storage Division Chief, Assistant

Maintenance Officer, Plans and Operations Officer and Maintenance Division Chief.

He later served in the 95th Division (Training) as Executive Officer 3rd Battalion, 89th Regiment,

402nd Field Artillery Brigade. After serving as Field Artillery Exercise Team Chief for the 95th

Division, he Commanded the 4th Battalion, 89th Regiment, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade. He then

served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Training, 122nd U.S. Army Reserve Command, North Little

Rock, Arkansas. He later Commanded the 4013th U.S. Army Garrison at Bossier City, Louisiana

and culminated his career as Commander of the 363rd Corps Support Group in San Marcos, Texas.

Colonel Stenger's decorations include the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with "V" Device and three

Oak Leaf Clusters, The Meritorious Service medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal

with Numeral 15.


Colonel

Ellis C. Perkins, Jr.

Class 2-69

His first assignment was as the Executive Officer, Battery A, 5th Training Battalion, Fort Sill,

Oklahoma. In 1970, he served in Vietnam as the Executive Officer, Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 16th

Field Artillery, 23rd Infantry Division.

He returned in 1971 to Fort Sill as an instructor in the Gunnery Department where he stayed until

he graduated from the Field Artillery Officer's Advance Course. From 1974 to 1976, he

commanded the 84th United States Army Field Artillery Detachment and served as the Assistant

S-3 of the 512th United States Army Artillery Group.

Colonel Perkins attended the Foreign Area Officer Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1977.

In 1979, he was assigned to Advanced Level Training with duty in Mexico where he graduated

from the Mexican War College in 1980. From 1981 to 1984, he was assigned to the 1st Calvary

Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He served as the Division Assistant Fire Support Coordinator,

Secretary of the General Staff and as the Battalion Executive Officer and the Battalion Operations

Officer (S-3) in the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery. In 1985, he graduated from the U.S. Army

School of the Americas, Fort Benning, Georgia.

In 1986, he was assigned to the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,

Kansas, as an instructor in the Department of Joint and Combined Operations. He served as

Commander, 512th United Stated Army Artillery Group from July 1988 until July 1990. He was

reassigned to the Inter American Defense College in Washington, D.C. for attendance at the Senior

Service College and graduated in June 1991. After completion of the Attaché Course, he assumed

the United States Defense and Army Attaché to Nicaragua position from January 1992, until July

1994. He was reassigned as the Chief Counterdrug Division, G3 Forces Command where he served

until, he retired in April 1997.

Colonel Perkins' awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion

of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Army

Commendation Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.

Artillery OCS Hall of Fame Nomination Criteria

Any individual may nominate a graduate of the following:

1. The Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (1941-1973).

2. The Antiaircraft Artillery Officer Candidate School, Camp Davis, North Carolina (1941-

1944). The individual must have been commissioned Coast Artillery and served in an Artillery

assignment after graduation.

3. The Seacoast Artillery Officer Candidate School, Fort Monroe, Virginia (1942-1944). The

individual must have been commissioned Coast Artillery and served in an Artillery assignment

after graduation.

4. The Army Officer Candidate School (AOCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia (1946-1947). The

individual must have been commissioned in an Artillery branch, completed an Artillery branch

officer basic course and served in an Artillery assignment after graduation.

5. The Ground General School Army Officer Candidate (AOC) Course, Fort Riley, Kansas

(1947-1953). The individual must have been commissioned in an Artillery branch, completed an

Artillery branch officer basic course, and served in an Artillery assignment after graduation.

6. The Antiaircraft Artillery Officer Candidate School, Fort Bliss, Texas (1951-1953). The

individual must have been commissioned in an Artillery branch and served in an Artillery

assignment after graduation.

7. The Branch Immaterial Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia (1973 - present).

The individual must have been commissioned in an Artillery branch, completed an Artillery

branch officer basic course, and served in an Artillery assignment after graduation.

8. Graduates of other officer candidate schools may also be considered. The individual must have

been commissioned in an Artillery branch, completed an Artillery branch officer basic course (or

other Artillery branch qualification training), and served in an Artillery assignment after

graduation.

The nominee must meet one of these requirements for consideration:

1. Recipient of the Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.

2. Attained the rank of Colonel (O-6) or Captain (O-6 for Navy/Coast Guard) while serving on

active duty or with a Reserve Component of the Armed Forces.

3. Federal Service at the GS-15 level or Senior Executive Service (SES).

4. Appointment or election to an office of prominence in the National or State government.

5. Rendered outstanding service to the nation, community or profession.

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