The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Cornelius Taylor Montgomery
Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
323 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
October 10, 1951
Captain Montgomery was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 323, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On October 10, 1951, while on a combat mission near Mulgae-ri, Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into a mountain. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.