Arie Alverdo Corwin (1883 - 1966)

Born 4 Oct 1883 in Michigan, USA

Husband of Natalie Augusta (Newman) Corwin — married 18 Jul 1917 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died 3 Sep 1966 at age 82 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

From Pontiac, Michigan, Captain Corwin was educated at the University of Michigan (1905, Ann Arbor, MI); and the US Naval Academy (1907, Annapolis, MD)

In WWI he received a Navy Cross Citation which reads "The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Arie Alverdo Corwin, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. PORTER, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I."

He served in both World War I & World War II.

Sources

• findagrave.com

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• US Census, 1910 (US Navy, USS Helena, China)
• New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1917
• US Census, 1920 (Annapolis, MD)
• Rhode Island State Census, 1925 (Newport, RI; occupation: Commander)
• US Census, 1930 (The Hague, Netherlands; occupation: consular officer, US Embassy)
• US Census, 1940 (Fairfield, CT; manager, marine equip. factory)
• Connecticut Death Index, 1966