Emil Paul Eschenburg
from Helena,Montana,USA
Major - Lieutenant Colonel (0-23469)
HQ Company
born 26.12.1915 Mount Clemens,Michigan
son of Paul Fredrick and Ella Marie (nee Weise) Eschenburg
graduated Mount Clemens High School
graduated Michigan State University
graduated National War College
graduated Harvard University
graduated George Washington University
Michigan National Guard (Artillery)
FSSF (HQ Det) 1942-44
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3,45th Infantry Division (LtCol) 25.12.1944-1945
35th Infantry Regiment (Colonel) in Korea (C.O. 25.4.1953-
14.10.1953)
General Staff,1st Corps
Assistant Commander 101st Airborne Division (Vietnam War)
Brigadier General 1963
Deputy Commanding General,Capital Military Assistance Command,Tan Son Nhut,Vietnam 1968
SHAPE HQ,Paris
retired 1970 as Brigadier General
awards include D.S.M.,Silver Star with 3 oak leaf clusters,Bronze Star with V,D.F.C. with 3 oak leaf clusters,Purple Heart
real estate business,Helena 1972
married Irene Elizabeth Gunn 1943 (1922-2013) (2 sons Emil and Erich,2 daughters Paula and Lise)
married Dolly Gladys Woare 1977 (1922-2013)
died 25.11.2004 Helena,Montana
Montana State Veterans Cemetery,Helena,Lewis and Clark County,Montana
Section C Row 6 Plot 2
