Shahinian, Harold.

Biography

k-Shahinian, Harold. b. May 4, 1919 Chicago, Illinois; High School education; Single; Painter and Linotype Printer; YCL 1935 (1936); Received Passport# 421655 on June 1, 1937 which listed his address as 532 East 171st Street, Bronx, New York (310 East 32nd Street, NYC); Sailed June 4, 1937 aboard the Statendam; Arrived in Spain via Espolla on June 23, 1937; Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln Battalion and Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion; Rank Soldado; KIA April 3, 1938, Gandesa during the Retreats.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Figueres List; Mac-Pap; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 453, ll. 84 - List Co. 2 dated March 13, 1938; Opis 6, Delo 986, ll. 13-14; USSDA 2:0921, 60:0172.