Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Lyons was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 55, 24 August 1942. His first duty assignment was as a Machine Gun Platoon Leader, 2nd Battalion, 51st Armored Infantry Regiment, 4th Armored Division. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assault Gun Platoon Leader, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, USA; Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, Europe; Headquarters Company Commander, Europe; Instructor-Weapons Department, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Headquarters Company Commander, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Germany; Military Sub and Post Commander, Germany; Assistant G-3, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Assistant S-3 CCR, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Executive Officer, 29th Heavy Tank Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Executive Officer, 100th Heavy Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Executive Officer, 72nd Tank Battalion 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Commander, 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Army Advisor, 644th Tank Battalion, New Jersey National Guard, Red Bank, New Jersey; Battalion Executive Officer, 67th Tank Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, Germany; Battalion Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Germany; Chief, Combined Arms Branch, VSA Security Agency TC and School, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. | Lieutenant Colonel Lyons is retired. His last civilian position was Director of Administration and Accounting-New England Region- Great American Insurance Company (1976).