Viewing Owen A. Galvin (1894-1956).

Owen A. Galvin (1894-1956).

Owen A. Galvin was injured during his service with the Fifth Marines in The Great War. After his discharge, he attended the University of Minnesota Law School and was admitted to the bar on July 1, 1926. Thereafter he devoted much of his time and practice to aiding his former comrades. He died on September 30, 1956 at age sixty-one. In memorial proceedings for the Hennepin County Bar Association the following year, Jean McVeety recalled his decades of professional and voluntary services to disabled veterans:

"His deep devotion to his disabled comrades of World War I was reflected in his practice. For many years his major interest and his great success was in prosecution of war risk insurance cases on behalf of his disabled comrades. He was active in the Minneapolis Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans in which organization he held many offices; he was state commander of the state organization of the DAV, and in the year 1938-1939 was honored by his comrades in being elected National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans."

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