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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sr. was the third son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Claypoole Gwynne. He was among the 1,198 passengers who died on the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, off the coast of Ireland. He was called a hero for helping others into lifeboats – Vanderbilt even offered his own lifejacket to a woman with an infant even though he could not swim. Vanderbilt’s body was never recovered.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Sr.
