Block, Harlon
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| Birthname | James Edward Block | ||||
| born on | 6 November 1924 at 05:30 (= 05:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Yorktown, Texas, 28n59, 97w30 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   13°47'   15°22 Asc. 26°35'
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Biography
United States Marine Corps corporal who was killed in action at age 20 on 1 March 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Block joined the Marine Corps with seven high school classmates in February 1943, and subsequently participated in combat on Bougainville and Iwo Jima. He is best known for being one of the six flag-raisers who helped raise the second U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945, as shown in the iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima." It became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and came to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war.
The Marine Corps War Memorial located in Arlington, Virginia, which was modelled after the flag-raising photograph, depicts bronze statues of each of the six Marine flag-raisers.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Keller, Harold (born 3 August 1921). Notes: Flag raisers on Iwo Jima
- associate relationship with Sousley, Franklin (born 19 September 1925). Notes: Flag raisers on Iwo Jima
Events
- Other Social 23 February 1945 at 1:00 PM in Iwo Jima (Tokyo) (Flag raising on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima)
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- Death by War or Terrorism 1 March 1945 (Enemy mortar round explosion, age 20)
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs (Age 20)
- Vocation : Military : Combat (WWII)
- Vocation : Military : Honors (Purple Heart Medal; Combat Action Ribbon)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (US Marine Corps corporal)
