<P> Three Marines in the photograph , Sergeant Michael Strank , Corporal Harlon Block ( misidentified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 ) , and Private First Class Franklin Sousley were killed in action over the next few days . The other three surviving flag - raisers in the photograph were Corporals ( then Private First Class ) Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , and Harold Schultz ( misidentified as PhM2c . John Bradley until June 2016 ) . Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier , and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed -- but were not part of -- the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the Pulitzer Prize - winning photo . </P>
who raised the american flag on iwo jima
Michael Strank Harlon Block Franklin Sousley Rene Gagnon Ira Hayes Harold Schultz