k-Stern, Marvin. Jewish; Single; Teacher and Seaman; CP 1935; Received Passport# 356287 on December 7, 1936 which listed his address as 258 West 88th Street, NYC (11 W. 18th c/o Teacher’s Union); 29 years old; Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on January 30, 1937; Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln Battalion, First Commissar of the Lincoln Battalion; Served at Jarama and the Ebro Offensive; Killed in action June 1938, (some questions regarding his fate see Herrick memoir).

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Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Americans; William Herrick, Jumping the Line.