Colonel Raymond G. Lehman, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 19 March 1945, class number 424. His first duty assignment was as Company Commander, Co C, 23rd Inf Regiment, Camp Maxey, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander and Regimental Adjutant, HHCo. 24th Inf Regiment, Okinawa; Co Cmdr, Co B, 32d Inf Regiment, Korea; Co Cmdr, Co B 22d Inf Regiment, Fort Ord, California; S-3, HHC, 63rd Inf Regiment, Fort Ord, California; Co Cmdr, Co A & Co H 33rd Inf Regiment, Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone; Aide-de-Camp, Army Cmdr, Headquarters USARCARIB, Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Student, Inf Off Adv Crse, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Infantry Weapons Test Officer, The Inf Board, Board #3, Fort Benning, Georgia; Student Pilot, USA Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Cmdr 1st AVN Co, 1st AVN Co, 1st Inf Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Student, USACGSC, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Chief, Opns & Trng AVN Section, Headquarters Eighth U.S. Army, Korea; Officer and Assistant AVN, Vietnam; AVN Staff Officer, HQUSCONARC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Chief, Plans & Opns, AVN Section, HQUSCONARC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Chief, Tactical Mobility Division, HQUSCONARC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Chief, Plans & Opns, AVN Division, HeadquartersUSAREUR, Heildelberg, Germany; Chief, Force Dev, Opns Division, HQUSAREUR, Heildelberg, Germany; Deputy Commander & Commander, NHA-TRANG, Headquarters 17th Combat AVN Group, Vietnam; Commander, Headquarters 52d Combat AVN BN, PLEIKU, Vietnam; Chief, Project Team IV (Aviation), HQUSARCDCED, Fort Ord, California. | Colonel Lehman's awards and decorations include: Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and Vietnamese Honor Medal 1st Class.