Question: Who was a Private in the marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi?

Context articles: Franklin Sousley
Bill Genaust
28th Marine Regiment (United States)
Flags of Our Fathers
Charles W. Lindberg
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
USS Suribachi (AE-21)
Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr.
2nd Battalion, 28th Marines

Franklin Runyon Sousley (September 19, 1925 – March 21, 1945) was a United States Marine who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
 He is best known for being one of the six flag-raisers who helped raise the second U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 as shown in the iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima".
William Homer "Bill" Genaust (October 12, 1906 – March 4, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action on Iwo Jima while serving as a war photographer in World War II.
 He is best known for filming the second U.S. flag-raising on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, during the battle of Iwo Jima, using a then modern and lightweight 16 millimeter motion picture camera which used 50-foot color film cassettes.
 His motion picture of the flag-raising became one of the best-known film clips of the war.
 The Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, depicts the second flag-raising on Mount Suribachi by six Marines.
The 28th Marine Regiment (28th Marines) is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps.
 The regiment (inactive since the Vietnam War) which is part of the 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
 Six Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines were featured in the historical photo by Joe Rosenthal of the U.S. flag raising on top of Mount Suribachi.
Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is a "New York Times" bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the six United States Marines who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthal's lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, one of the costliest and most horrifying battles of World War II's Pacific Theater.
 The flag raisers were Harold Schultz, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Mike Strank, Harlon Block, and Franklin Sousley; the latter three men died later in the battle.
 Strank was a Sergeant who refused several promotions during the battle in order to "Bring his boys back to their mothers."
 Block was a Corporal who reported to Strank, and the rest were Privates in the Marines, except for John Bradley, a Navy Corpsman who administered first aid to Easy Company of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, the company to which all the flag raisers were assigned.
Charles W. "Chuck" Lindberg (June 26, 1920 – June 24, 2007) was a United States Marine corporal who served in World War II.
 He is best known for his bringing public attention to the first of two U.S. flags raised on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
 Lindberg was one of the last surviving members of the patrol that captured Mount Suribachi and raised the flag.
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" is a song written by folk singer Peter La Farge.
 Its words tell the story of Ira Hayes, one of the six Marines and one who became famous for having raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II.
 Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945, which depicts six United States Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in World War II.
USS "Suribachi" (AE-21) was a "Suribachi"-class ammunition ship of the United States Navy.
 The ship was laid down on 31 January 1955 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 2 November 1955; sponsored by Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd; and commissioned on 17 November 1956, Captain Brooks J. Harral in command.
 She was named for the volcano of Iwo Jima, Mount Suribachi.
Ernest Ivy "Boots" Thomas Jr. (March 10, 1924 – March 3, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps platoon sergeant who was killed in action on March 3, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
 He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism at the base of Mount Suribachi on February 21.
 Thomas is best known for being one of the Marines who helped raise the first of two American flags atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945.
The 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment (2nd Battalion, 28th Marines) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.
 The battalion (inactive since the Vietnam War) which is part of the 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
 Six Marines of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines were featured in the historical photo by Joe Rosenthal of the U.S. flag raising on top of Mount Suribachi.