Marine Corps First Lieutenant W. M. McIlvain, USMC, was designated Naval Aviator #12 in 1914. Accepted a 2nd Lieut. commission in 1909. Served in Europe during the World War, awarded the Navy Cross. Resigned from active service in 1921; transferred to the Reserves. with reserve retirement in 1948.
Died at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital just north of Oceanside, Calif.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major William M. McIlvain, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of Airplane Squadron No. 2, 1st Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), in which capacity he trained and led this Squadron on bombing raids against the enemy.
Died at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital just north of Oceanside, Calif.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major William M. McIlvain, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of Airplane Squadron No. 2, 1st Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), in which capacity he trained and led this Squadron on bombing raids against the enemy.
Marine Corps First Lieutenant W. M. McIlvain, USMC, was designated Naval Aviator #12 in 1914. Accepted a 2nd Lieut. commission in 1909. Served in Europe during the World War, awarded the Navy Cross. Resigned from active service in 1921; transferred to the Reserves. with reserve retirement in 1948.
Died at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital just north of Oceanside, Calif.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major William M. McIlvain, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of Airplane Squadron No. 2, 1st Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), in which capacity he trained and led this Squadron on bombing raids against the enemy.
Died at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital just north of Oceanside, Calif.
Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major William M. McIlvain, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of Airplane Squadron No. 2, 1st Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), in which capacity he trained and led this Squadron on bombing raids against the enemy.
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