LTC Hartman B. “Bax” Mowery

Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 22d Infantry

4th Infantry Division

(When Reactivated at Ft. Carson)

Sep 1976 – 4 Dec 1977

 

 

 

Paratroop Platoon Leader in the 101st Airborne Division at Ft Campbell;
Company Commander in the Berlin Brigade;
Senior Advisor ARVN 41st Ranger Battalion Republic of Viet-Nam;
Department of Physics Instructor at West Point;
Brigade S-3 in the 2d Infantry Division Republic of Korea;
G-3 of the 4th Infantry Division,
Commander 2d Battalion 12th Infantry,
Commander 1st Battalion 22d Infantry at Ft Carson;
Program Manager for Ionizing Radiation Exposure Studies for the Defense Nuclear Agency in Washington DC.

 

   

Insignia for the ARVN 41st Ranger Battalion

Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces

TIÊU ÐOÀN 41

BIÊT ÐÔNG QUÂN

 

 

Bachelor of Science in Engineering at West Point;
Basic, Airborne, and Ranger Schools at Ft. Benning;
Armor Advance Course at Ft. Knox;
Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University;
Honors Graduate of US Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth;
Post Graduate Studies in Business Management at Catholic University.

Major Decorations and Qualifications: Combat Infantryman; Legion of Merit; Silver Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC);
Bronze Star with “V” Device and 2 OLCs; Purple Heart with 2 OLCs; ARVN Cross of Gallantry with Palm; Senior Parachutist;
Ranger; and Expert Qualifications in Infantry Small Arms.

After Army Retirement:
13 Years as Design Physicist and Designer of Nuclear Weapon Primaries at Los Alamos National Laboratory NM;
7 Years as Consultant and Manager for the US Department of Energy for Clean-Up of Plutonium and Uranium Contamination
at the former nuclear weapon production sites;
6 Months as Field Enumerator for the Year 2000 US Census.
And finally retirement.

 

 

 

Colonel Mowery's decorations include:

Combat Infantryman Badge,
Silver Star Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion Of Merit, Bronze Star Medal w/ V device and 2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster,
Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Army of Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal,
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 campaign stars,
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/ Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ date device,
Ranger Qualification Tab, Senior Parachutist badge, Republic of Vietnam Ranger Qualification Badge,
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation w/ Palm

 

 

 

 


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