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personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead
virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission
part-i-personal-data
first-name: Henry
middle-name: Kelley
last-name: Tucker
suffix:
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
wife-maiden-name-or-husband
first-name:
middle-name:
last-name:
suffix:
place-of-marriage:
date-of-marriage:
children-1:
date-of-birth-1:
children-2:
date-of-birth-2:
children-3:
date-of-birth-3:
children-4:
date-of-birth-4:
education
elementary-years: 7
high-school-years: 4
college-years:
other:
degrees:
occupation: Student
religious-affiliation: Methodist
citizen-of-what-nation: United States
father-s-name
first-name: Arthur
middle-name: Bruce
last-name: Tucker
suffix:
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
next-of-kin
prefix:
first-name: Mattie
middle-name: Annie
last-name: Tucker
suffix:
address: Blacksburg, VA
relationship: Mother
people-supplying-this-information
prefix:
first-name: Mattie
middle-name: Annie
last-name: Tucker
suffix:
address: Box 405 Blacksburg, VA
people-submitting-this-information
prefix:
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.