found: California Indian Education WWW site, viewed Oct. 31, 2018:veteran name page (Ira Hayes: O'odham USMC Airborne Warrior; was an Akimel O'odham, Pima, Indian, born at Sacaton, Arizona, January 12, 1923; worked as a carpenter in the Gila River Indian Reservation; enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, August 26, 1942; On Feb. 23, 1945 to signal the end of Japanese control, Private First Class Hayes and five others raised the U. S. flag atop Mount Suribuchi on the island of Iwo Jima; Corporal Hayes was honorably discharged on December 1, 1945; decorations and medals includes the Commendation Ribbon with "V" combat device, Presidential Unit Citation with one star (for Iwo Jima), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four stars (for Vella Lavella, Bougainville, Consolidation of the Northern Solomons, and Iwo Jima), American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal; The Airborne Marine died at Bapchule [Arizona] on 24 January 1955; He was buried on 2 February 1955 at Arlington National Cemetery, in Section 34, Plot 479A)