Harlon Block

E492117

Harlon Block was a United States Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine
World War II veteran
human
associatedWith United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) NERFINISHED
awarded Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED
Purple Heart NERFINISHED
burialPlace Block family cemetery, Weslaco, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
conflict Battle of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1924-11-06
dateOfDeath 1945-03-01
education Weslaco High School NERFINISHED
enlistmentYear 1943
event second flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
familyName Block NERFINISHED
fullName Harlon Henry Block NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Harlon NERFINISHED
imageDepictedIn Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (photograph) NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memorializedBy United States Marine Corps War Memorial NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
militaryRank Corporal
nationality American
notableFor being one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima
notableWorkDepiction Flags of Our Fathers (book) NERFINISHED
Flags of Our Fathers (film) NERFINISHED
parent Belle Block NERFINISHED
Edward Frederick Block NERFINISHED
photographBy Joe Rosenthal NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Yorktown, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Benjamin Walker NERFINISHED
portrayedIn Flags of Our Fathers (film) NERFINISHED
reinterredAt Weslaco, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
religion Seventh-day Adventist NERFINISHED
sibling Edward Block Jr. NERFINISHED
Eugene Block NERFINISHED
Gene Block NERFINISHED
Jo Ann Block NERFINISHED
Maurice Block NERFINISHED
Wendell Block NERFINISHED
sport American football
unit E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

film "Flags of Our Fathers" mainCharacter Harlon Block
subject surface form: Flags of Our Fathers