| LC control no. | n 87849282 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hayes, Ira, 1923-1955 |
| Birth date | 1923-01-12 |
| Death date | 1955-01-24 |
| Place of birth | Sacaton (Ariz.) |
| Place of death | Bapchule (Ariz.) |
| Profession or occupation | Marines Carpenters |
| Found in | Hemingway, A. Ira Hayes, Pima Marine, c1988. The American, [2015]: container (Ira Hamilton Hayes; Pima Indian marine; one of the Mt. Surabachi, Iwo jima Flag-raisers and one of 5 survivors from his 45-five man platoon; he returned to Arizona where he died in 1955) California Indian Education WWW site, viewed Oct. 31, 2018: veteran name page (Ira Hayes: O'odham USMC Airborne Warrior; was an Akimel O'odham, Pima, Indian, born at Sacaton, Arizona, January 12, 1923; worked as a carpenter in the Gila River Indian Reservation; enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, August 26, 1942; On Feb. 23, 1945 to signal the end of Japanese control, Private First Class Hayes and five others raised the U. S. flag atop Mount Suribuchi on the island of Iwo Jima; Corporal Hayes was honorably discharged on December 1, 1945; decorations and medals includes the Commendation Ribbon with "V" combat device, Presidential Unit Citation with one star (for Iwo Jima), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four stars (for Vella Lavella, Bougainville, Consolidation of the Northern Solomons, and Iwo Jima), American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal; The Airborne Marine died at Bapchule [Arizona] on 24 January 1955; He was buried on 2 February 1955 at Arlington National Cemetery, in Section 34, Plot 479A) |
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