- One of the six U.S. Marines depicted in the famous "Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima" photo.
- Won the following decorations: Bronze Star, Purple Heart (posthumous), Presidential Unit Citation with one star (for Iwo Jima), American Defense Service Medal with base clasp (for his service in Cuba before the war), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four stars (for Pavuvu, Bougainville, Consolidation of the Northern Solomons, and Iwo Jima), and the World War II Victory Medal.
- On 13 January 1949, his remains were reinterred in Grave 7179, Section 12, of Arlington National Cemetery.
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