 HAROLD CHRIST AGERHOLM PFC USMCR 29 January 1925 – 7 July 1944 Photo courtesy Bob Carr |
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| Harold Christ Agerholm was born on 29 January 1925 in Racine, Wisconsin. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 1942. Following training at Marine Corps Base and Camp Elliott in San Diego, California, Agerholm was shipped overseas and arrived in the Pacific theater on 23 November. He was assigned to the Second Marine Division and saw action in the assault on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. |
Agerholm was promoted to Private First Class on 26 January 1943 and while serving with the Fourth Battalion, Tenth Marines, Second Division, participated in the assault and occupation of Saipan, Marianas Islands.
While participating in evacuation of wounded Marines on 7 July 1944, Private First Class Agerholm was mortally wounded in an action for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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