Genaust William Homer

Monuments

SGT William Genaust Plaque- Mt. Suribachi

Name:

William Homer Genaust

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

813945

Unit:

United States Marine Corps

Date of Death:

1945-03-05

State:

Minnesota

Cemetery:

Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii,

Plot:

Courts of the Missing, Court 2

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star

Comments:

William Genosst was a USMC Combat Cameraman and was born on October 12, 1906 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
United States Marine Corps Sergeant. War Correspondent. He filmed the raising of the second American Flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Nine days after he filmed the flag raising, he was shot and killed by Japanese soldiers hiding in a cave. Because bulldozers sealed the cave his body was not recovered.