Colonel Jesse J. Lewis, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 9-66, 21 June 1966. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Executive Officer, Company B, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, Schofield, HI; Battalion Liaison Officer, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, American Division, Vietnam; Battalion Liaison Officer and Battalion  S-2, 3d Battalion, 103d Armor, York, Pennsylvania; Commander, Company B, 3d Battalion, 103d Armor, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; Communications Officer, 306th Civil Affairs Group, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Intelligence Officer, 172d Support Group, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Commander, 421st Maintenance Management Detachment, Miami, Oklahoma; Executive Officer, 316th Quartermaster Battalion, Stigler, Oklahoma; Instructor, 4156th U.S. Army Reserve Forces School, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Commander, 3d Battalion, 95th Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Executive Officer, Headquarters, 95th Training Command, Little Rock, Arkansas; Commander, 316th Quartermaster Battalion, 122d Army Reserve Command (ARCOM), Stigler, Oklahoma; Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, 122d ARCOM, Little Rock, Arkansas; Director Personnel & Community Activities, 4003d U.S. Army Reserve Garrison Support Unit, 90th Regional Support Command, Barling, Arkansas. | Colonel Lewis retired from the Reserves and worked for James River Corporation as Manager of Distribution Operations.