Paul F. Eshelman Jr.

World War II
Service #13085306
Unit344th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathAugust 1 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Technical Sergeant Paul F. Eshelman, Jr. were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Florence American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.