World War II Honoree

David Pearsall Cortright

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Nick Cognito

Relationship

Fellow Marine

HE WAS A CORPORAL AND SERVED AS A SCOUT OBSERVER, COMBAT INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, DIVISION INTELLIGENCE, 6TH MARINE DIVISION. HE WAS BASED AT GUADALCANAL AND GUAM AND FOUGHT ON OKINAWA AND PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF CHINA 1945-1946. AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON WITH STAR, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON WITH STAR, NATIONALIST CHINESE AND CHINA SERVICE MEDALS.