Kleidman, Lawrence I..

Biography

k-Kleidman, Lawrence Isador. b. March 19, 1914, Brooklyn, New York; Prior military service in the New York National Guard; Single; Seaman; CP 1931, organizer NY unit; Domicile 105-35 132nd Avenue, NYC; Sailed August 4, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on August 15, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN, Armorer; Commander of XV BDE Fortification Co.; Killed in action January 22, 1938, Teruel.
Source: Cadre; Figueres List; XV BDE; L-W Tree Ancestry;  Connexions Autumn 1987 "Letters from Spain"
Photograph: Lawrence Kleidman, Cabo, Lincoln-Washington Battalion, December 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo11; ALBA Photo number 11-1290. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries; and Lawrence Kleidman from his 1935 Seaman’s Protection Certificate Application, L-W Tree Ancestry.