Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.
Military Person
1927 – 1971
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Who was Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.?
Major Henry Alfred Commiskey, Sr. was a United States Marine who served during World War II at the Battle of Iwo Jima and in the Korean War in the Inchon landing. As a lieutenant, he was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor — the nation's highest decoration for valor — for extraordinary heroism in the Korean War, leading a charge up a hill and killing seven enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.
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- Born
- Jan 10, 1927
Hattiesburg - Also known as
- Henry Alfred Commiskey, Sr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Aug 15, 1971
Meridian
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on July 23, 2013
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