John William Antonelli (May 30, 1917 – March 26, 1999) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps brigadier general.

In 1940, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps upon graduating from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

[1] On February 19, 1945, Major Antonelli led his battalion in the amphibious landing on Red Beach One at Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands.

He was evacuated to a field hospital after completing his mission and issuing the orders necessary for his Marines to resume the assault.

[2] Despite his wounds, Major Antonell left the field hospital on two occasions to return to his battalion and lead his Marines in further combat.

[1] Antonelli later served as the executive officer of the Marine barracks in Boston, Massachusetts, and then became an instructor at the Naval Academy from 1947 to 1950.