| Birth: | Dec. 14, 1919
Boston
Suffolk County
Massachusetts, USA | | Death: | Mar. 1, 1945 | 
United States Marine Corps Sergeant. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945 and photographed by Lou Lowery. The first flag was later replaced with the second flag raising made famous in the photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Sergeant Hansen was killed in action on March 1 1945.
Search Amazon for Henry Hansen | | | Burial:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu
Honolulu County
Hawaii, USA
Plot: Section 0, Grave 392 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Jerry Lee
Record added: Sep 20, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6789302 |
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