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Verdun Robert Arries
Lilah Crowe2021-03-21T10:28:20-05:00
- Name: Verdun Robert Arries
- Location of Birth: Marenisco, Michigan
- Date of Birth: April 20, 1918
- Date of Death: May 17, 2004
- Parents: Robert Arries & Ella (Krayzie) Arries
- High School and Class: 1936 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
- College: Attended University of Miami, Coral Cables, Florida on a football scholarship- Class of 1941
- Highest Rank: 1 LT (First Lieutenant)
- Branch: Army
- Other Branch:
- Date Sworn In: May 23, 1941
- Place Sworn In: Camp Blanding, Florida
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Florida
Name: Verdun Robert Arries
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Date: April 20, 1918
Birth Place: Marinesco, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Dade County, Florida
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Student, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida
Weight: 200
Height: 6-3
Complexion: Light brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Robert Arries, father, Calumet, Minnesota, USA
Newspaper article: Bovey Press, Bovey, Minnesota – 10 Apr 1942 – Lieutenant Verdun Arries, commissioned last week at Camp Davis, North Carolina, with the rank of lieutenant after a three months officer’s training course, came home Monday on a week’s furlough to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arries. Lieutenant Arries has been in the Army less than a year, having been inducted last June, right after his graduation from the University of Miami at Coral Gables, Fla.
- Wars Involved:
World War II
Korean War
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After the war Verdun Arries & his wife Lorraine returned to Miami where he had attended the University on a football scholarship. He worked in Management for Pan American Airlines for 27 years, then Racal Milgo for 10 years. He was a long standing member of the Elk's Club.
Verdun Arries is buried in Palms Woodlawn Cemetery, Naranja, Florida. He is survived by his six children: Audreen "Bobbi", Robert "Bud", Richard, Maredith, Paul, and Douglas, along with 15 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
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