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Rene Gagnon


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wo Jima Flag Raiser

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Birth- 7 Mar 1925
Manchester, New Hampshire
Marriage- 7 Jul 1945-Age: 20 years
Pauline Georgette Harnois
Baltimore, Maryland

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Military Awards: WWII Victory Medal
1 Jan 1945
Military Awards: Presidential Unit Citation
Iwo Jima
Military Awards: American Campaign Service Medal
1 Jan 1944
Military Awards: China Service Medal
Tsingtao, China
Military Awards: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal
1 Battle Star
Military Awards: Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
1 Jan 1946

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Gender
Male
Arrived in Washington, DC
7 Apr 1945
Transferred to Company E, 2d Battalion, 28 Marines
8 Apr 1944
Inducted in the Marine Corps Reserve
6 May 1943
Finished tour with 7th War Loan Drive
5 Jul 1945
Landed on Iwo Jima
19 Feb 1945
Promoted to Corporal & discharged from the Marines
27 Apr 1946
Awards
Presidential Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal;
Arrives with Marines, 80th Replacement Draft
Tsingtao, China
Arrives with Marines in China
7 Nov 1945

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Death- 12 Oct 1979-Age: 55 years
Manchester, New Hapshire
Burial
Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC

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