Elvin Ragnvald Heiberg III (March 2, 1932 – September 27, 2013) was a United States Army general who was Chief of Engineers between 1984 and 1988.[1]
Awards and decorations
Heiberg's military awards include;
Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Silver Star
Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters- Army commendation one Oak leaf cluster
- National Defense service medal one Oak Leaf cluster
- Korean war service medal
- Vietnam service medal four bronze stars
- Army service Ribbon
- Army Overseas Service Ribbon Numeral one
- Vietnam Technical Service Honors Medal First class
- United Nations medal Korea
- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960– Device
Order of the Crown (Belgium) (Commander)
Order of Military Merit (Brazil) (Grand Commander)[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Elvin R. Heiberg III, General Who Took Blame for Hurricane Katrina Failures, Dies at 81". The New York Times. October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Elvin R. "Vald" Heiberg III, PE". Dawson & Associates. 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
Brazil's Grand Commander, Order of Military Merit
This article contains public domain text from "Lieutenant General Elvin R. Heinberg III". Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Archived from the original on June 19, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2005.