Colonel Lacy E. Hagwood was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 20 May 1947, class number 4-20. His first duty assignment was as Personnel Officer and Adjutant, Headquarters Special Troop, 7th Infantry Division, Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Personnel Officer, Headquarters 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team; Personnel Officer, USARPAC, Eta Jima School Command, Japan; Personnel Officer, 7021st SU Station Complement, Fort Lesley J, McNair, Washington, D.C.; Assistant to Executive Officer, 8475 DU, Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington; Chief, Military Personnel Division, AG, 25th Infantry Division, Hawaii; Chief, Decorations and Awards Branch, TAGO, Pentagon, Office of the Adjutant General, DA, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Chief Separations Branch, TAGO, Pentagon; G-1 Advisor, Field Advisory, Team #3, ARMISH Military Advisory Group, Iran; Secretary, General Staff, Headquarters United States Army computer Systems Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. | His awards and decorations include:  Northern France Campaign Battle Star, Central Europe Campaign Battle Star, Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), United Nation Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, God Conduct Medal, EAME, Army Occupation (Germany-Japan), Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit.