Find A Grave - Flag Raisers at Iwo Jima

Block, Harlon Henry b. November 6, 1924 d. March 1, 1945
Iwo Jima Flag Raiser. During the Battle for Iwo Jima he was a USMC Corporal assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, and one of six men who were immortalized in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's photo of the US Flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, just after noon on February 23, 1945, for which Rosenthal was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The six men were Corporal Harlon Block, Private Rene Gagnon, Private Ira Hayes, Private Franklin...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Marine Military Academy, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Plot: At the base of the flag raising sculpture
Charlo, Pvt. Louis Charles b. September 26, 1926 d. March 2, 1945
United States Marine Corps Private. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Private Charlo was killed in action on March 2, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Saint Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, Saint Ignatius, Lake County, Montana, USA
Gagnon, Rene A. b. March 7, 1925 d. October 12, 1979
Iwo Jima Flag Raiser. During the Battle for Iwo Jima he was a USMC Private assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, and one of six men who were immortalized in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's photo of the US Flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, just after noon on February 23, 1945, for which Rosenthal was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The six men were Corporal Harlon Block, Private Rene Gagnon, Private Ira Hayes, Private Franklin Sousley...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 51, Grave 543
Genaust, William Homer b. 1907 d. March 4, 1945
United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant. War Correspondent. He filmed the raising of the second American Flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Nine days after he filmed the flag raising, he was shot and killed by Japanese soldiers hiding in a cave. Because bulldozers sealed the cave his body was not recovered. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Body lost or destroyed, Other
Hansen, Henry Oliver b. December 14, 1919 d. March 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.
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot: Section 0, Grave 392
Hayes, Ira Hamilton b. January 12, 1923 d. January 24, 1955
United States Marine. He was one of the Flag Raiser at Iwo Jima during World War II. A Pima Indian, he was born on the Gila River Reservation, the oldest of eight children. In August of 1942, at the age of 19, he quit school and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. On February 19, 1945 a large contingent of Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima facing a substantial army of Japanese defenders who were well dug in and camouflaged. Four of the Second World War's bloodiest, fiercest days...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 34, Grave 479A
Jacobs, Raymond b. 1925 d. January 29, 2008
World War II United States Marine. He was one of the six United States Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. He was the last survivor of either group of flag raisers. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Northern California Veterans Cemetery, Igo, Shasta County, California, USA
Lindberg, Charles W. b. June 26, 1920 d. June 24, 2007
United States Marine. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Lowery, Louis R b. July 24, 1916 d. April 15, 1987
United States Marine Corps Sergeant. Combat photographer. He photographed the raising of the first American Flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23. 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 1 Grave 6422
Michels, James R. b. January 18, 1918 d. January 17, 1982
United States Marine Corps Private. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 36, Block 32, Lot 32, Grave 3
Rosenthal, Joe b. October 9, 1911 d. August 20, 2006
Photographer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his 1945 picture of the World War II flag-raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima, depicting one of the war's great moments of five Marines and a Navy corpsman struggling to raise a flag on top Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The image became a symbol of the spirit of the Marine Corps. The photo later became the inspiration for a bronze Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. (Bio by: Caroline)
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Scattered in the San Francisco Bay area.
Schrier, Col. Harold George b. October 17, 1916 d. June 3, 1971
United States Marine Corps Lieutenant. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. He retired from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA
Sousley, Franklin Runyon b. September 19, 1925 d. March 21, 1945
World War II United States Marine, Iwo Jima Flag Raiser. He served during World War II as a Private in the United States Marine Corps, and was assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division during the Battle for Iwo Jima. He was one of the six men who were immortalized in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's photo of the United States Flag raising on Mount Suribachi, just after noon on February 23, 1945, for which Rosenthal was awarded the Pulitzer...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Elizaville Cemetery, Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky, USA
Strank, Michael b. November 10, 1919 d. March 1, 1945
World War II United States Marine. He was one of the five Marines and one Sailor to be photographed raising the second United States flag on Mount Suribachi during the February-March 1945 Battle for Iwo Jima island. The event was captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, and became one of the most famous pictures in history. Born Mychal Strenk in Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia, his family immigrated to America in 1920, changing their family name to Strank, and passing through Ellis...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 12, Grave 7179
Thomas Jr., Boots (Ernest Ivy) b. March 10, 1924 d. March 3, 1945
United States Marine Corps Sergeant. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Surabachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photography taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Sergeant Thomas was killed in action on March 3, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Roseland Cemetery, Monticello, Jefferson County, Florida, USA
Plot: W1/2 of Lot 95

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