Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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ORIFLAMME 11 i'0lll'0llAI, llAllIl.Y IIIGINS IISCIIIIACII Corporal Hurry lleins lflsehhneh wus instuntly killed on Muy 28, 1918, hy at high explosive shell while eurrying u wounded man under henvy fire. Ile wus performing his duly us u true U. S. soldier under mosl: trying eonditions. Ile wus u line type of munhood und n true son of I . :md Ill. Corporul l'Isehhueh wus horn Aug. 10, 1896, ut llurto, Pu. After going' through F. und M. Aendemy he entered ltrunklin und Illurshull College in the full of 191-I+. Ile wus u. memher of the lVlurshull Cluh und the Porter Seientilie Soeiely. Dl1I'llIg' his Junior year he wus on lhe .lunior Ilop l'ommillee, :md wus very well liked hy ull his clussmules. Ile wus studying for u liuehelor ol' Seienee Degree. Ile enlisted lute in April, 1917, in the Novul lteserve. lmpntient heeuuse he lmd not us yet heen culled to uetive duly he upplied for an trunsfer on Illuy 7, 1917, from the Nuvul Iteserve to the llospitul Corps. Ile was inmlediutely lirnnsferred und sent the sume dny to ll1ll'l'l8l1llI'g without lulvinp: time to soy good-hye to his purents. Ile left llnrrishurg for Columhus, Ohio, from where he wus duly trsmsferred to Fort Benjamin llurrison, lndiunu. llere he was uttnehed to the First Division Ilospitul Corps, Ile wus given his eorporanley und mude orderly lo Major Grissinger, Ileud Surgeon of the Post llospitul ut Fort llenjomin Ilnrrison. Corpornl Iflsehhueh wus in training here from Mny lo Oetoher, 1917. On the 39th ol' Ueloher, 1917, he emhalrked for over-seus duty on the Crown Prineessen Ueeelin. 'l'he voyugge wus exeeedinpqly dampgerous ns ill wus her muiden voy- age under Amerienn eolors und the Kaiser hnd o1I'ered 50,0011 murks for her sinking. Corporal I'Isehhueh urrived snfely on the 13111 of Novemher ut llrest, Frunee. Ile wus immediately sent for further trnining to the rear of the 'l'oule Seelor. Here he wus plneed with regulnrs, und uttuehed to the Second I'-nttulion, Medical lJl'l2lClIIll0lIl', 28th Infantry, of the First Division of the A. IC. F. Ile wus in und out of uetion from Morch 1918 until IVluy 28, 1918, when hc wus killed. I About the middle of Moy he wus removed from the 'l'oule Sector und sent to Cuntigny'wliere one of the wur's fiercest bottles wus wnging, during the drive on the ehnunel ports. llere he wus in oetion eontinuonsly. Ile remnrked in one of his let- ters home thut, nt the time, he wus serving here with l'Inglish, I reneh, Foreign Legion, Algerian, African, Indo-Chinese, und Indiun soldiers. During' the heut ol' the huttle on Mny 28th, 1918, Corporal lisehhneh wus killed. A subsequent letter from the lied Cross stutes that Corporal ldsehlmeh wus instantly killed on Moy 28th hy u high explosive shell while eorrying u litter with an wounded mun on it from the Ilnttulion Aid Stution to the ltegimentnl'Aid Station. Ile wus huried in the vieinity of VIIIl0l'S-llI0ll1'lIll'l. Ile wus exceedingly well liked hy the men of the detuclnnent. He died while splendidly performing his duly under heavy fire. '

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CORPORAL HARRY HEINS ESCHBACH

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SERGIQANT EDMUND Rumi SYKES