Biography
Schachter, David. b. March 17, 1903, Satinew, Russia, emigrated to the US from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1924, Naturalized citizen on September 24, 1929; Furrier; CP 1934; Received Passport# 373663 (373563) on March 11, 1937 which listed his address as 734 West 19th Street, NYC; 36 years old; Sailed March 17, 1937 aboard the President Roosevelt; Served with the XV Brigade, Washington Battalion, Co. 3, Section 1; Served at Brunete, then released for work in the rear; Repatriated for family reasons; Returned to the US on September 30, 1937 aboard the Normandie; d. Novmeber 4, 1962, Queens, New York, cremated, Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Washington; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 981, ll. 5 (ver ar gen amer); Find-a-Grave# 118325821. Code A1