| Date of Death | September 4 1955 |
|---|---|
| Buried |
Plot
A
Row
2
Grave
2
Corozal American Cemetery |
Notes
John Corrigan, Sr. was born in Lancashire, England on June 4, 1875. He married Mary C. O'Connor. He emigrated to the United States in 1885 and was naturalized in 1893. He enlisted in the Army on November 19, 1894 and served as a Sanitary Inspector with Battery M, 5th U.S. Heavy Artillery during the Spanish-American War with Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba responsible for the eradication of mosquitoes. He was discharged on November 23, 1900 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. At the request of President Roosevelt, he moved to the Canal Zone as a sanitary inspector at Balboa in 1902, where he earned the Roosevelt Medal with two bars. He died on September 4, 1955 at the Old Soldiers Home in Washington, DC and was buried at the Corozal American Cemetery beside his wife, Mary O'Connor Corrigan and daughter, Margaret de Leon.