Michael Strank

Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by photographer Joe Rosenthal. Of the six Marines depicted in the photo, Strank was the only one to be correctly identified from the beginning; the other five were either assigned the wrong locations, or, were given the names of Marines who were not in the photo.

10 November 1919

Born on the same birth date (10 November 1919): George Fenneman • Mikhail Kalashnikov • Moïse Tshombe

Born on the same birth day (10 November): Bernard Babior • Brittany Murphy • Donna Fargo • Edward Joseph Collins • Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland • Ina Clough • Kristian Huselius • Kristina Vogel • Marius Žaliūkas • Maurice Gomis • Musa al-Kazim • Richard Burton • Samuel Wanjiru • Stephen Herek • Steven Utley • Vladimir Dal • Yuriy Vakulko

Born in the same month (November 1919): Eva Todor • France Štiglic • Frederik Pohl • George Fenneman • Hermann Bondi • James S. Ackerman • Jocelyn Brando • Joe Weider • Kim Heungsou • Lisa Otto • Mikhail Kalashnikov • Ryszard Kaczorowski