Biography
k-Schintone, Victor P. (Vittorio); b. February 15, 1910 (April 23, 1910 pp), NYC; Italian American; Father Felice Schintone (b. 1870, Biella, Italy); Waiter, Laborer, and Mechanic; CP 1936; Received Passport# 360767 on January 11, 1937 which listed his address as 4234 65th Street, Woodside, Long Island, New York; Sailed January 20, 1937 aboard the Berengaria; Arrived at the Port of Cherbourg, France on January 27, 1937; Arrived in Spain on April 2, 1937; Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln Battalion, Co. 2, Group 1; Later to the Garibaldi Battalion; KIA April 1, 1937, Morata de Tajuna (May 1937, Guadalajara)(Cemetery record indicates March 19, 1937).
Sibling: Aldo Schintone.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Americans; Voros-Jarama; Vittorio (Victor) Schintone, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 128, ll. 13 Camaradas de Nuestras Distintas Brigadas Entrero en Morata de Tajuña (Cemetery); Opis 6, Delo 981, 43 fiche wth dod; La Spagna Nel Nostro Cuore; Italian; “Italiani caduti in Spagna,” 134; L-W Tree Ancestry.
Photograph: Victor P. Schintone, Passport Photograph, 1936.
Sibling: Aldo Schintone.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Americans; Voros-Jarama; Vittorio (Victor) Schintone, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 2, Delo 128, ll. 13 Camaradas de Nuestras Distintas Brigadas Entrero en Morata de Tajuña (Cemetery); Opis 6, Delo 981, 43 fiche wth dod; La Spagna Nel Nostro Cuore; Italian; “Italiani caduti in Spagna,” 134; L-W Tree Ancestry.
Photograph: Victor P. Schintone, Passport Photograph, 1936.