Pavlich, Mike.

Biography

k-Pavlich, Matt. (Pavlik, Mike; Mate/Matt Pavlich); b. September 21, 1899, Idenear (Garesnica), Croatia, to the US July 1911; Naturalized in Wayne County, Detroit, November 24, 1926; Croatian American; Father Marko Pavlich; Auto worker (UAW), Steel Worker, and Farmer; Received Passport# 365154 on January 28, 1937 which listed his address as 465 East Kirby Avenue, Detroit, Michigan; Sailed February 5, 1937 aboard the Berengaria; Served with the XV BDE, Dimitrov BN; Killed in action March 11, 1937, Jarama; (RGASPI states Killed in action Feb. 27, 1937).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; RGASPI; South Slav; Spisak, in Spanija, 5 : 553. Code A1
Photograph: Matt Pavlich, passport photograph, 1936.