Alternate name(s):
Cohen; Jack Harry
Nickname:
Jack
Date of birth:
Saturday, 10 July 1909
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
salesman
Hometown(s):
Smith Falls, Ontario; New York, New York
Education:
high school; business school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of the United States of America, 1935; Young Communist League, 1935
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-03 sailed
1937-07-24 arrived over the Pyrenees
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Company 2, June 1938, later Company 1; Soldato; Served at Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, and Teruel through the Ebro Offensive
Final status:
WIA; Returned to the US 20 December 1938 aboard the Ausonia; World War II US Army, enlisted May 1943
Other:
Boxer's party name is listed as Jack Morrison
Sources:
Sail; SACB (under Cohen); Cadre; Pay; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Fond 543, ll. 84-88; USSDA 2:0420, 53:0031; Momryk; Petrou; Canadian; Ancestry; Hoff
