Harry Kizirian

Harry Kizirian was an Armenian American member of the United States Marine Corps who served during World War II. Kizirians service lasted from February 1944 to February 1946, during which he spent seventeen months overseas. Kizirian took part in the Battle of Okinawa, where he landed during the first assault wave while heading a Marine fire team.

Kizirian, a first generation Armenian American, was born in his home on July 13, 1925 at 134 Chad Brown St. Providence, Rhode Island. He was the only son of Toros and Hripsime Kizirian, who were born in Goydun , near Sivas, in the Ottoman Empire. Kizirians mother came to the United States in the 1920s after losing her first husband and seven children during the Armenian Genocide. His father was employed by the Rhode Island Tool Company and his mother was a housewife.

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