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Edgar Lawrence Acken
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| Last Name | Acken |
| First/Middle Name | Edgar Lawrence |
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| Immigration Status | |
| Religion | |
| POW | POW |
| AKA Last Name 1 | |
| AKA First / Middle 1 | |
| AKA Last Name 2 | |
| AKA First / Middle 2 | |
| DOB | 1906 |
| City | Milburn |
| State | New Jersey |
| Foreign Nation | |
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| Education HS | |
| Education College / Univ 1 | |
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| Graduate or Doctoral Work | |
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| Prior Military Service | |
| Passport # | 490073 |
| Passport Series | |
| Passport Reported Lost in Spain | X |
| Passport Age | |
| Passport Date | |
| PP or Known Address Street | 632 2nd Street |
| PP or Known Address City | Brooklyn |
| PP or Known Address State | New York |
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| Sail Date | |
| Ship | President Roosevelt |
| Marital Status | |
| Marital Notes | |
| Vocation 1 | Newspaper man, American Newspaper Guild |
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| Arrival (in Spain) Date | |
| Units served with | XV BDE, Captured April 3, 1938 near Gandesa |
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| Rank | |
| Returned Date | 1938 |
| Returned other | |
| WWII Service | |
| DOD | 1978 |
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| Place Died City | |
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| Additional Notes | Exchanged October 14, 1938?; EDGAR L ACKEN 18 Nov 1906 05 May 1978 (P) 05478 (Saint Albans, Franklin, VT) (none specified) 067-16-7063 New York |
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