Harlon block biography sample

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Son of Edward Frederick Block and Ada Belle (Brantley) Block

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Biography

Harlon Henry Block (November 6, 1924 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Born in Yorktown, Texas, 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 February 23, 1945, as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

The Marine Corps War Memorial located in Arlington, Virginia, which was modeled after the flag-raising photograph, depicts bronze statues of each of the six Marine flag-raisers.

Sources

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMHJ-XN2 : accessed 16 November 2016), Harlin H Block in household of Edward F Block, Precinct 3, Hidalgo, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 3A, line 39, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2356; FHL microfilm 2,342,090.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWKK-J5D : accessed 16 November 2016), Harlon Block in household of E F Block, Justice Precinct 3, Hidalgo, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108-22, sheet 5A, line 25, family 88, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4062.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV4-RVDF : 13 December 2015), Harlon Henry Block, 1945; Burial, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States of America, Marine Military Academy Grounds; citing record ID 18154, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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