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Iwo Jima
9
honorees
Austin Behan
Class of 1925
Commander
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US Navy
February 17, 1945
(42 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
USS Pensacola (CA 24)
WWII
Ship
Silver Star
Chandler Johnson
Class of 1929
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Marine Corps
March 2, 1945
(39 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
2nd Battalion, 28th Marines
WWII
Ground
Navy Cross
Legion of Merit
USNA 2nd Company
Frank Peterson
Class of 1933
Lieutenant Commander
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US Naval Reserve
February 19, 1945
(35 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Composite Squadron (VC) 77
WWII
Fixed Wing
Non-graduate
John Butler
Class of 1934
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Marine Corps
April 5, 1945
(34 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
1st Battalion, 27th Marines
WWII
Ground
Navy Cross
USNA 3rd Company
Ralph Haas
Class of 1936
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Marine Corps
February 20, 1945
(31 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
1st Battalion, 23rd Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 2nd Company
John Mehlig
Class of 1937
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
February 21, 1945
(30 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE 95)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Bronze Star
USNA 8th Company
Robert Gallagher
Class of 1942
Lieutenant
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US Navy
March 6, 1945
(24 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
USS Salt Lake City (CA 25)
WWII
Fixed Wing
Silver Star
USNA 12th Company
Arthur Couri
Class of 1944
2nd Lieutenant
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US Marine Corps Reserve
February 19, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Iwo Jima
1st Battalion, 14th Marines
WWII
Ground
Non-graduate
Louis Hagan
Class of 1945
Ensign
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US Naval Reserve
February 17, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Iwo Jima
USS LCI(G) 471
WWII
Ship
Non-graduate