Biography
k-Law, Norman Emmet. b. September 17, 1910, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana; German American; Father Robert Emil Law (1881-1946), Mother Alvina W. Nack (1883- 1962); Attended Commonwealth College (may have worked as a printer on the campus); Printer; CP; Received Passport# 489260 on December 14, 1937 which listed his address as 6240 Madison Avenue, Hammond, Indiana; Sailed December 24, 1937 aboard the President Roosevelt; Arrived in Figueres via Massanet on January 6, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Rank Soldado; Reported MIA March 10, 1938, Caspe-Belchite, during the Retreats.
Siblings: brothers Harold Robert Law (1904-1978), Oliver G. Law (1907-2000), sister Allegra Henritta Law (1915-1996).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; BN 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 930, ll. 44 (ver arch gen amer); Opis 6, Delo 956, ll. 9 (under Norman); Opis 6, Delo 36, ll. 6 (arrival Figueras); Opis 3, Delo 303, ll. 179 (departure for Albacete); Opis 6, Delo 51, ll 27 (Retreats BN 58 Lincoln-Washington) List); and other casualty lists Delo 51 , ll. 38; Delo 51, ll. 58USSDA 2:0705, 56:0828; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photographs: Norman Emmet Law, Passport Photograph, 1937; and The Dunes, Hammond High School Yearbook, 1929, L-W Tree Ancestry.
Siblings: brothers Harold Robert Law (1904-1978), Oliver G. Law (1907-2000), sister Allegra Henritta Law (1915-1996).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; BN 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 930, ll. 44 (ver arch gen amer); Opis 6, Delo 956, ll. 9 (under Norman); Opis 6, Delo 36, ll. 6 (arrival Figueras); Opis 3, Delo 303, ll. 179 (departure for Albacete); Opis 6, Delo 51, ll 27 (Retreats BN 58 Lincoln-Washington) List); and other casualty lists Delo 51 , ll. 38; Delo 51, ll. 58USSDA 2:0705, 56:0828; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
