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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