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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Merrill Corry Jr.

U.S. Navy · Interim 1920 - 1940

MOH-RC-001337Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: Navy star design with the 1913 blue ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1920

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Medal of Honor

October 2, 1920

near Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant Commander
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1920 - 1940
Unit or command
Not documented

The Citation

Sources ↓
For heroic service in attempting to rescue a brother officer from a flame-enveloped airplane. On 2 October 1920, an airplane in which Lt. Comdr. Corry was a passenger crashed and burst into flames. He was thrown 30 feet clear of the plane and, though injured, rushed back to the burning machine and endeavored to release the pilot. In so doing he sustained serious burns, from which he died 4 days later.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

For heroic service in attempting to rescue a brother officer from a flame-enveloped airplane. On 2 October 1920, an airplane in which Lt. Comdr. Corry was a passenger crashed and burst into flames. He was thrown 30 feet clear of the plane and, though injured, rushed back to the burning machine and endeavored to release the pilot. In so doing he sustained serious burns, from which he died four days later.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. William Merrill Corry Jr. — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001345
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Accredited to
Florida
Archive transcription SHA-256
50421364119c4d2277ab2c88280ebdb3534d0cfa5c0425e9d42f3554b7bb8ec4

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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