Biography

Braden, Roy Murl (Broden, Ray); b. October 13, 1910, Barr Township (Medora), Macoupin County, Illinois; Father James Milton Braden, mother Florence Adrienne Batty deMunbrun; Single; Driver; CP 1937; Received Passport# 28748, San Francisco series, on May 27, 1937 which listed his address as 1502 West Lake North, and 94 Main Street, both Seattle, Washington; Sailed June 4, 1937 aboard the Statendam; Served with the First Evacuation Group, picked up ambulances, January 23, 1938; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris; WWII US Army, enlisted March 1942; d. May 5, 1962, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, buried Gilead Baptist Cemetery, Hettick, Macoupin County, Illinois; Wife Jeanette M. Doyon Braden; He had no children.

Siblings: brothers James Russel Braden, Coy Wayne Braden, sister Nellie Mildred Braden Meisenheimer, step-brother Frank Allen DeMunbrun.

Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Figueres List [picking up ambulances]; Ancestry L-W Tree; Find-a-Grave#20826692. Code A

Photograph: Roy Braden from a group photograph taken aboard the Paris and below from a group photograph taken at Ripoll, 1938 Ken Graeber to Bob Reed, Reed #7, undated Find-a-Grave.