Cowdin Elliot Christopher

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Elliot Christopher Cowdin is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

American Volunteer Monument Paris

Name:

Elliot Christopher Cowdin

Rank:

Major

Serial Number:

Unit:

Lafayette Escadrille

Date of Death:

1933-01-06

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Trinity Cemetery Hewlett, Nassau County, New York

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Croix de Guerre with Palm (France);

Comments:

He was born in Far Rockaway, Long Island in March 1886. Elliot was the son of wealthy businessman John Elliot and Gertrude (Cheever) Cowdin. After graduating from Harvard College in 1907, Cowdin went to France in 1914 to join the American Ambulance Service. He transferred to French aviation service (later the Lafayette Escadrille) He flew in the battles of Champagne and Verdun receiving the Croix de Guerre with Palm. France awarded him the Medaille Medal, the first American to receive it. He return to America to raise money for war bonds and served as a Major in the U.S. Air Service. He never married and died of pneumonia at age 47. -
Source:FInd a Grave - Robert L. Harrison, Lafayette Escadrille, Oyster Bay Historic Society.