Biography
Perrone, John. May 4, 1911, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; Italian American; Father Antonio Perrone (1888-1965), mother Antonia Perrone (1893-1969); YCL 1930; Received Passport# 359864 on January 5, 1937 which listed his address as 54 Mount Prospect Avenue, Belleville, New Jersey, and Newark, New Jersey; Sailed January 9, 1937 aboard the Lafayette; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN, Co. 1, Plana Mayor, Scout; Served at Jarama and Brunete; Injured at Jarama in a truck accident April 1937; Repatriated to conform to policy; Arrived in the US on September 30, 1937 aboard the Normandie; WWII Armed forces; Married Ethel Miller (1917-2000) in 1948 in New Jersey, sons Steven C. Perrone and Ronald Perrone; d. May 9, 1998, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Siblings: brothers Joseph Perrone (1913-1983), Elesio Perrone (1916-?), sisters Amelia Perrone (1918-?), and Sandra Perrone (1925-2009).
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Voros-Jarama; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 25, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; L-W Tree Ancestry.
Photograph: John Perrone. ALBA/VALB.
Siblings: brothers Joseph Perrone (1913-1983), Elesio Perrone (1916-?), sisters Amelia Perrone (1918-?), and Sandra Perrone (1925-2009).
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Voros-Jarama; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 25, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; L-W Tree Ancestry.
Photograph: John Perrone. ALBA/VALB.