Marine Military Academy Grounds - Harlingen TX
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 26° 13.354 W 097° 40.087
14R E 633046 N 2901015
This Cemetery only contains the grave of Cpl. Harlon Henry Block. It's just south of the Iwo Jima War Memorial at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJZM7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2014
Views: 2
Find-a-grave has an excellent memorial for Harlon Henry Block (
visit link)
Harlon Henry Block was one of the six men who were immortalized in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's photo of the United States Flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Block is the one closest to the bottom of the flagstaff.
Other names for this cemetery include CPL Block Cemetery, Iwo Jima War Memorial Cemetery