Zehner, Elery, COL

Deceased

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Last Rank
Colonel

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1952-1953, 6, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

Service Years
1937 - 1968

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Infantry

Colonel

Four Overseas Service Bars

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Personal Details

Home State

Indiana

Indiana

Year of Birth
1912

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Last Address Arlington, VA
Date of Passing May 09, 1978

Official Badges

Infantry Shoulder Cord

US Army Retired (Pre-2007)

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Cold War Veteran

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Last Known Activity:

One of the most decorated US Army officers in World War Two.

Awarded 2 DSCs, 1 SS, 3 BSs, 2 PHs, and CIB for his actions in the ETO.

Great Britain awarded him their Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

He was the BN CDR of the 1/399 Inf Rgt of the 100th Inf Div.

1933-1937, United States Military Academy, West Point

FromYear 1933	ToYear 1937
College United States Military Academy, West Point
Major Military Science

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	Website http://www.usma.edu/

Last Updated:May 6, 2013

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Abrams, Creighton W., GEN, (1936-1974)

Alger, James Dyce, LTG, (1935-1970)

Baehr, Carl Adolph, MAJ, (1932-1944)

Ball, William Harris, MAJ, (1933-1942)

Barker, Joseph Rhett, CPT, (1938-1943)

Bennett, Donald Vivian, GEN, (1940-1974)

Blanchard, Henry Nathan, CPT, (1937-1944)

Boye, Frederic William, MG, (1939-1971)

Breitling, George Thaddeus, CPT, (1939-1945)

Burton Jr., Emmette Young, COL, (1937-1967)

Clifford, Thomas Edgar, COL, (1932-1945)

Cole, Robert G, LTC, (1934-1944)

Coleman, Wilson Dudley, LTC, (1931-1944)

Collins, Arthur S., LTG, (1938-1974)

Collins, James Lawton, BG, (1940-1982)

Cooper, Robert, CPT, (1940-1945)

Corley, John Thomas, BG, (1938-1966)

Cramer, Thomas Rees, MAJ, (1941-1943)

Dalton, James L., BG, (1933-1945)

Darby, William Orlando, BG, (1933-1945)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, COL, (1936-1947)

Davis, John Fuller, COL, (1939-1965)

DeGavre, Chester Braddock, BG, (1933-1963)

DeGavre, Chester, BG, (1926-1963)

DeSaussure, Edward, MG, (1941-1972)

Dolvin, Welborn Griffin, LTG, (1939-1975)

Ely, William Jonas, LTG, (1933-1966)

Engler, Jean E., LTG, (1933-1967)

Evans, Benjamin Franklin Jr, MG

Ewell, Julian J., LTG, (1939-1973)

Gerhart, George, COL, (1930-1961)

Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson, GEN, (1939-1981)

Green, Martin Levering, COL, (1937-1967)

Greene, Lawrence, BG, (1941-1971)

Haines, Ralph Edward, Jr., GEN, (1935-1973)

Harkins, Paul Donal, GEN, (1929-1964)

Hartel, Frederick, BG, (1928-1966)

Hawkins, Jesse M, LTC, (1933-1944)

Herlong, Henry Walter, CPT, (1933-1941)

Higgins, Gerald, MG, (1927-1955)

Hill, Francis, BG, (1927-1963)

Hill, Richard Frederick, MAJ, (1933-1944)

Hurdis, Charles, MG, (1917-1946)

Joerg, Wood, LTC, (1933-1945)

Johnson, Harold Keith, GEN, (1933-1968)

Kellam, Frederick C. A., MAJ, (1936-1944)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, CPT, (1937-1941)

Kerwin, Walter T., Jr., GEN, (1939-1978)

Kinnard, Harry, LTG, (1939-1969)

LaPrade, James Louis, LTC, (1935-1944)

Lee, John C. H., COL, (1941-1970)

Lowther, Ralph Lemoine, LTC, (1939-1945)

McClure, Mark, MG, (1922-1957)

McDaniel, William Thomas, LTC, (1937-1950)

Mearns, Filmore K, LTG, (1935-1973)

Meyers, Francis Joseph Jr., LTC, (1941-1968)

Moody, Alfred Judson Force, BG, (1941-1967)

Moore, George Bissland, COL, (1941-1965)

Mount, Charles McNeal, MG, (1939-1972)

Mucci, Henry Andrews, COL, (1929-1947)

Neiger, John Joseph, MAJ, (1935-1944)

Neyland, Robert, BG, (1916-1946)

Nininger, Alexander Ramsey, 1LT, (1937-1942)

Norton, John, LTG, (1935-1975)

Oseth, Fredrick Watson, BG, (1934-1970)

Palmer Jr., Bruce, GEN, (1936-1974)

Palmer., Bruce, Jr., GEN, (1936-1974)

Peabody, Hume, CPT, (1941-1942)

Praeger, Ralph Birton, MAJ, (1934-1944)

Quinn, William Wilson, LTG, (1933-1966)

Raff, Edson Duncan, COL, (1933-1958)

Riemenschneider, Walter Albert, LTC, (1931-1963)

Rosen, Melvin Herbert, COL, (1940-1970)

Ryder, William Thomas, BG, (1936-1966)

Sanders, Robert, LTC, (1934-1945)

Smith, Charles, BG, (1939-1965)

Snoke, Donald Richard, CPT, (1939-1945)

Sternberg, Ben, MG, (1938-1971)

Stilwell, Richard, GEN, (1934-1976)

Throckmorton, John Lathrop, GEN, (1935-1973)

Tillson III, John, MG

Treacy, Edgar, COL, (1935-1951)

Tucker, Reuben Henry, MG, (1935-1963)

Turner, William LeRoy, LTC, (1939-1944)

Tuttle, Paul V., COL, (1939-1967)

Unger, Ferdinand Thomas, LTG, (1934-1970)

Volckmann, Russell, BG, (1934-1960)

Westmoreland, William Childs, GEN, (1936-1972)

Wheeler, Lester Lewis, BG, (1935-1965)

Wilson, Jasper Jackson, COL, (1939-1968)

Wolverton, Robert Lee, LTC, (1938-1944)

Yarborough, William Pelham, LTG, (1936-1971)

York, Edward J., MAJ, (1930-1947)

York, Robert Howard, MG, (1938-1968)

York, Robert, LTG, (1938-1968)

Zierath, Frederick, MG, (1933-1967)

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Abbey, Richard Sargent, Maj Gen, (1935 - 1971)

Adams, Milton Bernard, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1939 - 1972)

Agee, Sam Wilkerson, Jr., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1963)

Alness, Harvey Thompson, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1934 - 1964)

Ascani, Alfredo John (Fred), Maj Gen, (1941 - 1973)

Barton, Paul Lawrence, Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

Bell, Fredrick, Brig Gen, (1932 - 1963)

Blanchard, William Hugh, Gen, (1938 - 1966)

Bowman, Charles Henry, Lt Col, (1939 - 1944)

Broadhurst, Edwin Borden, Lt Gen, (1937 - 1965)

Brugge, Byron Elias, Col, (1934 - 1945)

Campbell, William Beverly, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1940 - 1973)

Carmichael, Richard Henry, Maj Gen, (1928 - 1961)

Carpenter, John Wilson, III, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1940 - 1970)

Christian, Thomas J J, Jr., Col, (1939 - 1944)

Christian, Thomas J. J., Jr., Col, (1939 - 1944)

Clark, Albert Patton, Lt Gen, (1932 - 1974)

Coira, Louis Edward, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1938 - 1971)

Crowder, Robert Thomas, Col, (1936 - 1944)

Ellsworth, Richard Elmer, Brig Gen, (1931 - 1953)

Estes, Howell Marion, Jr., Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1967)

Evans, Andrew J., Jr., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1941 - 1973)

Gabel, Percival, Col, (1932 - 1943)

Garcia, James David, Col, (1939 - 1945)

Gent, Thomas J., Jr., Maj Gen, (1935 - 1963)

Gowen, Paul R., 1st Lt, (1933 - 1938)

Greeley, Horace John, Maj, (1937 - 1945)

Hall, Thomas Burns, Col, (1933 - 1951)

Harrison, Bertram Cowgill, Lt Gen, (1938 - 1969)

Heaton, Donald Haynes, Col, (1941 - 1969)

Holloway, Bruce Keener, Gen, (1937 - 1972)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, Jr., Capt, (1936 - 1941)

Klocko, Richard Philip, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1971)

Little, Augustine Patterson, Jr., Col, (1937 - 1944)

Luper, James R., Col, (1933 - 1953)

Magoffin, Morton David (Mort), Col USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1958)

McBride, James Lloyd, Jr., Col, (1939 - 1952)

McCorkle, Charles Milton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1966)

McKeever, Matthew James, Jr. ("Mac"), Col USAF(Ret), (1935 - 1968)

Milton, Theodore Ross, Gen USAF(Ret), (1934 - 1974)

Monteith, Dwight Oliver, Maj Gen, (1936 - 1971)

Morgan, Dempsey W., Jr., 1st Lt, (1942 - 1945)

Necrason, Conrad Francis, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1965)

Raker, John Newlin, Capt, (1942 - 1944)

Reeves, Raymond Judson, Gen, (1934 - 1969)

Richardson, Robert Charlwood, III, Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1939 - 1967)

Rogers, Turner Clifton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1966)

Rogner, Harris Edward, Col, (1934 - 1951)

Russell, Glen William, 2nd Lt, (1942 - 1942)

Sarni, Ralph, Capt, (1942 - 1946)

Seawell, William T., Brig Gen, (1937 - 1963)

Short, Robert B., Col, (1937 - 1970)

Strong, Robert William, Jr., Maj Gen, (1936 - 1970)

Upham, Hudson, Col, (1939 - 1946)

Vance, Leon Robert, Jr., Lt Col, (1939 - 1944)

Vincent, Clinton Dermott, Brig Gen, (1928 - 1955)

Watson, Leroy Hugh, Jr., Col, (1941 - 1959)

Waugh, Richard Rawlins, Col, (1932 - 1945)

Westover, Charles Bainbridge, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1967)

Wilson, James Walter, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1935 - 1970)

Woodruff, Roscoe Barnett, Jr., Col, (1941 - 1967)

York, Edward Joseph, Col USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1966)

Zimmerman, Don Zabriskie, Brig Gen, (1929 - 1958)

Zoller, Virgil Lee, Brig Gen, (1932 - 1963)

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