Sprungman, Walter Howard.

Biography

Sprungman, Walter Howard. Jewish; Driver; No party affiliation, Received Passport# 377281 on March 22, 1937 which listed his address as 121 West Grant (Grand) Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 37 years old; Arrived in Spain on April 14, 1937; Served with the 86th Brigade May 1937; XV Brigade, Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Plana Mayor; Rank Teniente; Served at Cordoba, Aragon, and the Ebro Offensive; WIA September 5, 1937 Belchite and August 28, 1938 Ebro Offensive; Returned to the US on December 31, 1938 aboard the President Harding; d. June 20, 1951, Los Angeles, California, buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Pay; RGASPI, L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave# 3755029.
Photograph: Walter Sprungman. Photograph from newspaper clipping.