US PARAS Lahti, Edward Henry

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Lahti
  • FORENAME
Edward Henry
  • UNIT
511 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Commanding Officer)
  • RANK
Colonel
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Silver Star with oak leaf cluster
  • PLACE
Philippines 1944-45
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.4.1913 Portland,Oregon
graduated Benson Tech
Oregon National Guard (162 Infantry Regiment,41 Division)
entered service 1931 (Private)
graduated USMA,West Point 1938
511 PIR 1943
C.O. 3 Bn
Regimental XO 1945
C.O. 511 PIR 11.2.1945 - August 1947 (Colonel)
504 PIR (C.O.) October 1947 - June 1949
Office of the Secretary of Defense,Pentagon
Military Adviser to Region Commander,Pleiku,South Vietnam
attended Command and General Staff School,Fort Leavenworth,Kansas
attended Armed Forces Staff College,Norfolk,Virginia
attended Army War College,Carlisle,Pennsylvania
retired June 1962 (Colonel)
awards Silver Star (x2),Legion of Merit,Bronze Star (x3),Army Commendation Medal (x3),Air Medal
Consultant to Research and Analysis Corps
resided Herndon,Virginia (45 years until death)
married Elizabeth Jane Sherman of Ocean City,New Jersey (divorced 1954) (3 children)
married Lucille Hannah
died 2.9.2001 North Virginia Community Hospital,Herndon,Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 7A Site 155-D
 
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