Rodriguez, Lorenzo.

Biography

Rodríguez Alvarez, Lorenzo Orlando. b. January 22, 1911, Havana, Cuba; Cuban American; Single; Driver; Domicile 1023 Longwood Avenue, Bronx, NY and Family Medreno #16, Mariano, Havana, Cuba; CPUSA 1937, Joven Cuba; Sailed January 5, 1937 aboard the Champlain; Arrived in Spain on January 14, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; WIA February 27, 1937 Jarama, returned to the front in March; Transferred to Auto Park as a Driver; WIA July 6, 1937 Brunete; In hospital until August 8, 1937 then to Albacete Auto Park; Repatriated January 1938; WWII Armed forces; d. May 31, 1985, Miami, Florida. 
Sources: Cadre; Repatriation List (1/29/1938, ll. 99); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 600, ll. 68; Alfonso Bello and Pérez Díaz; Alberto More Tabio, “Five Heroes of Cuba Who Fell at Jarama,” Daily Worker, April 3, 1937, Clipping; SIDBRINT.