Paraschiv Vasilescu Explained

Paraschiv Vasilescu
Birth Date:	14 March 1864
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Branch:	Romanian Land Forces
Branch Label:	Branch
Serviceyears:	1885—1918
Rank:	Major General^[2]
Commands:	14th Infantry Division 1st Army
Battles:	Second Balkan War World War I Battle of the Olt Valley Second Battle of the Jiu Valley Battle of the Southern Carpathians
Awards:	Order of the Crown (Romania), officer rank (1906) Order of the Star of Romania, officer rank (1912) Rise of the Country Medal (1914) Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class (October 27, 1916)^[3]

Paraschiv Vasilescu (March 14, 1864 – 1925) was one of the generals of the Romanian Land Forces in the First World War. Between March 3, 1904 and April 1, 1905, Major Vasilescu was the commander of the Border Guard Corps.^[4] He served as a division commander in the 1916, 1917, and 1918 campaigns.^[5]

Biography

After graduating in 1885 from the military school of officers with the rank of second lieutenant, Vasilescu held various positions in the infantry units or in the upper echelons of the army, the most important being those of commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment and of the 4th Territorial Corps.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

During World War I, he served as commander of the 14th Infantry Division between and and the 1st Army, between and . From January 1917 he served as Deputy Chief of the General Headquarters.^[5]

He was decorated with the Order of Michael the Brave, class III, for the way he led the 14th Infantry Division in the battles of the 1916 campaign, being one of the first generals decorated with this order (the second decree for generals, together with General Eremia Grigorescu).

After the war, Vasilescu held a number of important positions in the army, such as commander of the Army Corps and Inspector General of the Army.

Bibliography

• Kirițescu, Constantin, History of the war for the unification of Romania, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989
• Ioanițiu, Alexandru (Lt.-Colonel), The Romanian War: 1916-1918, vol 1, Genius Printing House, Bucharest, 1929
• Romania in the World War 1916-1919, Documents, Annexes, Volume 1, Official Gazette and State Printing Offices, Bucharest, 1934
• The General Headquarters of the Romanian Army. Documents 1916 - 1920, Machiavelli Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996
• Military history of the Romanian people, vol. V, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989
• Romania in the years of the First World War, Militară Publishing House, Bucharest, 1987
• "Romania in the First World War", Military Publishing House, 1979

Notes and References

1. Gheorghe Bezviconi, Necropolis of the capital, Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Bucharest, 1968
2. Ministerul de Răsboiu, Anuarul Romanate pe 1916 Tipografia "Universala" Iancu Ionescu, București, 1916
3. Ministry of War, Yearbook of the officers and flags of the Romanian Army who were awarded the order "Mihai Viteazul" , Graphic Workshops "Socec & Co", Bucharest, 1930
4. Border guards from March 3, 1904 to 1934, in the magazine "Border Guard", anniversary issue, March 3, 1934, p. 17
5. [Alexandru Ioanițiu|Ioanițiu, Alexandru]
6. Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1905, Lito-Tipografia L. Motzătzeanu, Bucharest, 1905
7. Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1910, Albert Baer Printing House, Bucharest, 1910
8. Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1914, F. Gobl and Sons Printing House, Bucharest, 1914
9. Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1915, George Ionescu Printing and Graphic Arts Establishment, Bucharest, 1915