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Charles Willard “Chuck” Lindberg

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Charles Willard “Chuck” Lindberg

Birth
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
Death
24 Jun 2007 (aged 86)
Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot
Section DS, Site 22-N
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United States Marine. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press.
United States Marine. One of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This flag was later replaced by the flag in the famous flag raising photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press.

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US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II
SILVER STAR
PURPLE HEART
IWO JIMA FIRST
FLAG RAISER

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Erik Lander
  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20083542/charles_willard-lindberg: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Willard “Chuck” Lindberg (26 Jun 1920–24 Jun 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20083542, citing Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.