Date of birth:
Friday, 29 July 1898
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Slovakian
Hometown(s):
Klenovice, Czechoslovia
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-01
Unit:
Gottwald Proletarian Anti-aircraft Artillery (Battery 17); Served at Teruel, Huesca, Aragon and Levante
Final status:
Survived; Returned 1938
Other:
There is a Pavel (Paul) Balciar who lived in Youngstown, OH.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 542 (difficult to read, part in Czech?); Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
