Stanisław Brykalski, pseudonym Kogutek,[1] was a Polish Lieutenant and a deputy defense commander of Wizna along with Władysław Raginis.

During the initial fights with the soldiers of the XIX Army Corps of Heinz Guderian, he and his superior swore not to give up their defensive positions.

First, a solemn funeral mass for Captain Władysław Raginis and Lieutenant Stanisław Brykalski was held in the parish church in Wizna.

After that, a solemn funeral of the defenders of the "Wizna" section took place in the war grave located inside the broken command bunker.

[6] On 21 August 2012 the Minister of National Defense, Tomasz Siemoniak, signed a decision on the posthumous promotion of Stanisław Brykalski to the rank of captain.

[10] On 28 August 2009 the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, posthumously awarded Brykalski the Commander's Cross with the Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.