Private First Class Eichschlag was a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on November 28, 1950. His remains were not recovered at the time. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Donald E. Eichschlag were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.