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About Henry Oliver Hansen
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.
Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA Plot: Section O, 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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Henry Oliver Hansen's Timeline
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December 14, 1919
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1945 |
March 1, 1945
Age 25
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Iwo Jima,, Empire of Japan
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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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