World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Gordon Dancy, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Linda, Darlene, Karen, Susan and Barbara
Relationship
Daughters
DISEMBARKED ON GUADALCANAL DECEMBER 13, 1943. SERVED IN FIRST WAVE ON ISLAND OF GUAM, JULY 1944. AFTER ONE HOUR ON BEACHHEAD, WAS WOUNDED, BUT RETURNED TO FRONT LINES NEXT DAY. WAS ON IWO JIMA FEBRUARY 19, 1945. HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS INJURY.