Montgomery County: Tucker, Henry Kelley

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first-name: Henry

middle-name: Kelley

last-name: Tucker

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home-address: Blacksburg

county: Montogomery

birthplace: Christiansburg, VA

date-of-birth: 1925-05-12

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 6

height-ins:

weight-lbs: 186

marital-status: Single

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

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occupation: Student

religious-affiliation: Methodist

citizen-of-what-nation: United States

father-s-name

first-name: Arthur

middle-name: Bruce

last-name: Tucker

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Mattie

middle-name: Annie

last-name: Lamb

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part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Inducted

date-of-entry: 1943-07-19

place-of-entry: Roanoke, VA

rank-at-entry: Private

first-served: Marine Boot Training Center, Paris Island, S.C.

branch-of-service: Marines

service-number: 870286

previous-military-education-training-and-service: None

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Paris Island --- South Carolina ---- Aug. 5, 1943 ---- Sept. 30, 1943 Camp Le Jeune --- New River, N.C. ---- Oct. 15, 1943 ---- April 11, 1944 Camp Pendleton --- Oceanside, C.A ---- April 16, 1944 ---- Sept. 23, 1944

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: From Private to Private First Class ----- Sept. 1943

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information-about-overseas-service: Left for overseas duty, Sept. 23, 1944. Landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day with Cor. 1st. Bn. 28th Regiment 5th Marine Division. After fighting for 12 days as a magmine gunner, he was killed by an enemy sniper.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Purple Heart, posthumously

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Food of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima

date-of-death: 1945-03-01

any-other-details-known:

photograph: Yes

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first-name: Mattie

middle-name: Annie

last-name: Tucker

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address: Blacksburg, VA

relationship: Mother

people-supplying-this-information

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first-name: Mattie

middle-name: Annie

last-name: Tucker

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address: Box 405 Blacksburg, VA

people-submitting-this-information

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first-name: [illegible]

middle-name: W.

last-name: Kuolē

suffix:

address: Blacksburg

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page-4: Henry fought for 12 days on Iwo Jima, his Company having landed in an early wave on the beach Jima, which they struggled courageously inland to Mt. Suribachi where they fought along the base of the extinct volcano and then toward the northern part of the island, After surrounding Mt. Suribachi, the volcanic mass at the southern end of the 8 mile [illegible] island, Henry's Squad was sent to the Northern sector where his last Jap was killed, After killing at least 30 Japs and displaying accordance to all his squad members, including the [illegible]. Sergeant. [illegible] under fire and extreme gallantry, Henry received a fatal wound from a Jap sniper, that same sniper killed at least five other men, including the Captain.

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