Cody, James Edgar.

Biography

k-Cody, James Edgar (Cody, George); b. October 17, 1903, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Father Edgar Cody (1860, Harrisburg, PA-dead by 1937); Single; Writer; CP 1933; Received Passport# 454549 on June 30, 1937 which listed his address as 593 West 23rd Street, NYC; Sailed July 3, 1937 aboard the Berengaria; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on July 18, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Later to BDE as Chief of Scouts; Rank Teniente; Killed in action March 10, 1938, during the Retreats.
Source: Scope of Soviet Activity; BN 58 Retreats; Cadre (under Cody, Edgar James); Figueres List; XV BDE. [Fausto Villar discusses Cody's death as April 2 near Gandesa].
Photograph: Edgar James Cody, Passport Photograph, 1937.