Biography
k- (Martin, Raymond Frank); b. December 1, 1911, Hammond, Indiana; German American; Father William Frank (1894-?); Single; Car Builder and Auto Parts Salesman; YCL 1935; Received Passport# 478349 on September 27, 1937 which listed his address as 114 154th Place, Calumet City, Illinois; Sailed October 20, 1937 aboard the Queen Mary; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on October 31, 1937, entered the IB November 5, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Rank Soldado; Killed in action March 1938 (April 3, 1938, Gandesa), during the Retreats.Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; BN 58 Retreats; Figueres List. [Possible Pay under Frank listed as XV BDE, EM, Transportes, Soldado-chofer, Sept 29, 1938] Code A
Photograph: Raymond Frank, Passport Photograph, 1937.