Henry A. Commiskey Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry A. Commiskey Sr.

Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1927

Place of Birth: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1971

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Major Henry Alfred Commiskey Sr.
(January 10, 1927 – August 16, 1971) was a United States Marine who served during World War II at the Battle of Iwo Jima and in the Korean War in the Inchon landing.
As a lieutenant, he was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor — the nation's highest decoration for valor — for extraordinary heroism in the Korean War, leading a charge up a hill and killing seven enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.