World War II Honoree

John Wily Pancoast

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Honored By

John W. Pancoast, Jr.

Relationship

Son

SERVED STATESIDE AT MARINE BARRACKS IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; QUANTICO, VIRGINIA; NEW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA; AND AT MARINE HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FROM 1941-1943. SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH THE FIRST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS, FROM 1943-1945, INCLUDING STOPS AT NEW CALEDONIA VIA SS MATSONIA IN FEBRUARY 1943; GUADALCANAL VIA USS TITANIA IN OCTOBER, 1943; ENIWETOK ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS IN JUNE, 1944; AND LANDING UNDER ENEMY FIRE ON THE INITIAL OPERATION IN THE REOCCUPATION OF GUAM VIA THE USS WHARTON IN JULY 1944.