Iwo Jima

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall


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Austin Behan
Class of 1925

Commander, US Navy

Newport, Rhode Island

February 17, 1945 (42 years old)

Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Iwo Jima, Pacific, USS Pensacola (CA 24), Ship


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Chandler Johnson
Class of 1929

Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps

Highland Park, Illinois

March 2, 1945 (39 years old)

Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, KIA, WWII, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, Iwo Jima, Pacific, Ground, USNA 2nd Company


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Frank Peterson
Class of 1933

Lieutenant Commander, US Naval Reserve

Collingswood, New Jersey

February 19, 1945 (35 years old)

KIA, WWII, Composite Squadron (VC) 77, Iwo Jima, Pacific, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate


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John Butler
Class of 1934

Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps

New Orleans, Louisiana

April 5, 1945 (34 years old)

Navy Cross, KIA, WWII, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, Iwo Jima, Pacific, Ground, USNA 3rd Company


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Ralph Haas
Class of 1936

Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps

Gadsden, Alabama

February 20, 1945 (31 years old)

KIA, WWII, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, Iwo Jima, Pacific, Ground, USNA 2nd Company


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John Mehlig
Class of 1937

Lieutenant Commander, US Navy

Miami Beach, Florida

February 21, 1945 (30 years old)

Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Iwo Jima, Kamikaze, Pacific, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE 95), Ship, USNA 8th Company



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Arthur Couri
Class of 1944

2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps Reserve

Portland, Maine

February 19, 1945 (23 years old)

KIA, WWII, 1st Battalion, 14th Marines, Iwo Jima, Ground, Non-graduate


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Louis Hagan
Class of 1945

Ensign, US Naval Reserve

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

February 17, 1945 (23 years old)

KIA, WWII, Iwo Jima, Pacific, USS LCI(G) 471, Ship, Non-graduate