World War II Honoree

George J. Cordrey

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Honored By

Elizabeth E. Cordrey, Jill & James

Relationship

Wife, Daughter & Son

SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT BATTALION SERGEANT MAJOR WITH HEADQUARTERS & SERVICE COMPANY, 4TH PIONEER BATTALION, 4TH MARINE DIVISION (NICKNAME: FIGHTING FOURTH) IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: ROI-NAMUR (BATTLE OF KWAJALEIN AND MAJURO ATOLLS) IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF IWO JIMA. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS. PRIOR TO HIS PACIFIC THEATER DEPLOYMENT HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE PARRIS ISLAND MARINE RECRUIT DEPOT, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA FOR MORE TRAINING. LATER SHIPPED TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA AND ASSIGNED TO THE NEWLY FORMED 4TH MARINE DIVISION. ENTERED THE SERVICE OCTOBER 16, 1942 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OCTOBER 3, 1945 AT MARE ISLAND, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.