Poweshiek County

Cpl. Harold Paul Keller

 

 

 

Harold Paul “Pie” Keller was born Aug. 3, 1921 to Byron P. and Ruth Hendrickson Keller. He died Mar. 13, 1979 and is buried in Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, IA.

Cpl. Keller is one of the six Marines in the iconic World War II photograph of the American flag being raised on Iwo Jima. He served with the 2nd Signal Co., 2nd Division; 2nd Marine Raiders, South Pacific; and 5th Marine Division, South Pacific.

Source: ancestry.com; wikipedia