Biography

Brown, Benjamin Charles b. February 7, 1910, Iowa; Single; Seaman and Truck Driver; CP 1937; Received Passport# 30199, San Francisco series, on July 2, 1937 which listed his address as 516 Elm Street, and PO Box 76, both Westwood, California; Sailed July 14, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Agullana on July 25, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Estado Mayor, Sanidad as a Driver; Rank Sargento; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia, d. January 2, 1974, San Mateo, California.

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Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Figueres List; Inventory North Americans; Pay; RGASPI; Ancestry L-W Tree. Code A

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Photograph: Benjamin Brown in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 868.