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Photo #: NH 106302

Sergeant Elbert L. Kinser, USMCR


Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 214.
Elbert L. Kinser was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while acting as Leader of a Rifle Platoon serving with Company I, Third Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division in action against the Japanese on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 4 May 1945.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 37KB; 580 x 765 pixels

 

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    Image Posted 26 November 2008
    Edited and reposted 1 October 2009