Biography

k-Jackson, Ray Jr. b. February 13, 1907, Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas; Father Ray Jackson, Sr. (1883-1961), mother Nellie Carey (1884-1973); May have served in the Marines from July 13, 1931; Graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas in 1927, Gamma Alpha Fraternity and Pi Gamma Nu (National Social Science Honor Society); Farmer; CP 1936; Received Passport# 497149 on February 9, 1938 which listed his address as Syracuse, Kansas; Sailed aboard the Ile de France arriving in Havere, France on February 18, 1938; Arrived in Spain via Agullana on February 23, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Rank Soldado; Killed in action April 1, 1938, Gandesa, during the Retreats.

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Siblings: brother Hugh C. Jackson (1909-1992), sister Dorthy L. Jackson (1911-1992).

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Source: Scope of Soviet Activity; BN 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 916, ll. 23; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A

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Photographs: Ray Jackson, Jr., Passport Photograph, 1938; and below Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas Yearbook, 1928.

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