American Seamen In Spain
**UPDATED 23 December 2024
Many American volunteers who served in Spain worked as seamen. Many volunteers provided multiple types of jobs when they identified their vocation and not all on the list were working as seamen when they volunteered. Others worked as seamen early in their careers. There are 375 men on the list at present. This is a work in progress.
The arrival of a FOIA response added an additional volunteer to the list of American Seaman in Spain.
December 23, 2024 update.
James Adrian Gunning b. May 3, 1912 in NYU worked as a seaman from the age of 19. He arrived in Spain in the fall of 1937. He was selected for and attended Officer Training School in Tarazona. He graduated in February 1938. He was killed in April 1938.
IMU International Maritime (Workers) Union
ISU International Seaman’s Union
NMU National Maritime Union
SUP Seaman’s Union of the Pacific
| Last Name | First | Union | KIA or POW | Notes |
| Aalto | Erick | |||
| Aalto | Yrjo Johannes | |||
| Acevedo Mondragon | Servado | |||
| Agostini Villassanta | Jorge | |||
| Amery | Alfred Leopold | |||
| Anderson | Alf | |||
| Andry | Lester Fernand | |||
| Ashley | Everett Charles | KIA Teruel | ||
| Athanasiades | Michael | |||
| Babin | Tomo | |||
| Bagnario | Michael | SUP | ||
| Bailey | William James | |||
| Baker | William Kwanaekoa | |||
| Barnett | James Clinton | |||
| Bartl | Arsen | |||
| Batelli | Corrado | |||
| Bennett | Robert Lee | Kia April Retreats | ||
| Berman | Leopold | POW Retreats | ||
| Bianca | Joseph | KIA Ebro | ||
| Binikas | Andrew | |||
| Blanchard | Ralf Bradford | NMU | KIA Ebro | |
| Bonanni | Livio Edoardo | |||
| Bradbury | Philip Walton | KIA | Seaman at age 18 | |
| Braley | Roger Lancaster | NMU | ||
| Bridges | Elhanon Winchester | |||
| Bronstein | Oscar | |||
| Brown | Benjamin Charles | |||
| Brown | Richard B. de Witt | |||
| Burgo | Augusto | |||
| Burkett | Roe Handy | Seaman in the 1920s | ||
| Burton | Wallace Floyd | KIA September Belchite | ||
| Buturla | Frank Walter | NMU | ||
| Cabezuelo | Cristobal | |||
| Calcagno | Goiachino Victor | |||
| Caldarella | Michael Vincent | KIA Retreats March Caspe | ||
| Cantor | William Harris | |||
| Capadona | Bernard | |||
| Carayianes | Apostolar | |||
| Castronuovo | Alfred Joseph | |||
| Castronuovo | John Michael | |||
| Cavanagh | Frederick | NMU | ||
| Chesler | Hyman Frank | |||
| Chestna | William | KIA Brunete | ||
| Chisholm | Albert Edward | |||
| Chisholm | Malcom McDowell | KIA Brunete | ||
| Chocheles | Isadored | |||
| Cohen | Bernard | KIA Jarama February 27 | ||
| Cole | Cecil Merritt | |||
| Connor | Herbert Sharpley | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Contouris | Antonio | |||
| Conway | Maurice | |||
| Cook | Frederick Joseph | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Cook | Hugh Francis | |||
| Coon | John Canty | NMU | ||
| Corbin | Rudolph James | SUP | ||
| Cox | Charles Adolphus | |||
| Cox | Thomas Jr. | KIA Jarama Lost Trucks | ||
| Craig | Curtis Kurt Erich | |||
| Cromwell | Frederick William Jr. | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Cronin | Charles William | |||
| Crooks | Jimmy | |||
| Cullinen | George Ambrose Jr. | |||
| Curry | Thomas Edward | |||
| Dal Col | Emilio | |||
| Daprian | Giovanni | KIA Huesca | ||
| Davoll | Theodore Herbert | KIA Teruel | ||
| Dean | Harold Francis | SUP | ||
| Delaney | Andrew | |||
| Detro | Philip Leighton | KIA Teruel | ||
| DiNardi | John Alexander | NMU | KIA Retreats April | |
| Dion | Joseph Raymond | |||
| Doggendorf | Nicholas | |||
| Domínuguez Bienvenido | Victor | |||
| Domínuguez Pazos | Juan | NMU | ||
| Domurat | John Lee | Seaman? | ||
| Doolittle | KennethWaldron | |||
| Doran | Dave | |||
| Dorland | Norman Edward Jr. | |||
| Doyle | James Peter | |||
| Drummond | Dave | |||
| Duncan | Norman | NMU | ||
| Dunos | Edward Albin | KIA Ebro Sierra Caballs Captured and executed | ||
| DuPont | Robert Charles | NMU | ||
| Durem | Ramen (Ramon) | |||
| Econimides | Socrates A. | |||
| Edwards | Charles Hamilton | KIA Jarama | ||
| Eggen | Julio Jack Leonard | KIA Ebro September | ||
| Epstein | Jacob | Seaman in the 1920s | ||
| Espejo | Anthony | |||
| Feller | Joseph Samuel | |||
| Fender | Francis | |||
| Fisher | Harry | Worked briefly as a seaman | ||
| Fishman | Morris Simon | NMU | ||
| Fishnelson | Nelson Nathan | KIA Teruel | ||
| Flaherty | Charles Alexander | |||
| Fortis | Pavlos N. | |||
| Fragiacomo | Carlo | |||
| Frazier | Samuel | |||
| Friedle | Sylvester Frank | KIA Ebro October | ||
| Friedman | Maurice Wolf | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Garcia | Ángel | |||
| Garcia Menendez | Marshall | |||
| Gavin | Eugene Victor | |||
| George | Jacobs | |||
| Georgatos | Spiro | |||
| Givney | John | NMU | ||
| Givulinovich | John Albert | Seaman 1920s | ||
| Gladnick | Robert | ISU/NMU | ||
| Goff | Irving | |||
| Gonźalez Mallada ź | Antonio | |||
| Gonźalez Carrea | Armando | |||
| Gonźalez Pérez | Pedro | |||
| Grant | Samuel Andrew | |||
| Graver | William | |||
| Greenleaf | Robert Webster | NMU | KIA Jarama | |
| Greenspan | Marion George | |||
| Gregorie | Almon Forny | |||
| Gvozdenovic | Toma | |||
| Gunderman | Walter | NMU | ||
| Gutman | Hans | |||
| Hakamaki | Erick | |||
| Halliday | Joseph David | NMU | ||
| Hanas | Tadeusz Stanislaw | |||
| Hancock | Joseph | |||
| Hannigan | Walter Randall | |||
| Harper | Wiley Emil | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Harris | James | |||
| Hausman | Carl | POW | ||
| Hawkins | Maurice Harrison | SUP | ||
| Heagney | Frank Aloysius | NMU | ||
| Hecht | Leo | |||
| Heinricher | Stanley Anthony | |||
| Heisler | Gus | |||
| Helmich | Rudolph | |||
| Hershcman | Leon | Alaska Cannery Workers Union affiliated with Maritime Federation of the Pacific | ||
| Hobbs | Everett | KIA Jarama Lost Trucks | ||
| Holmes | Robert Hale Jr. | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Hourihan | Martin William | |||
| Howard | Wesley | NMU | ||
| Howe | William Edward | NMU/ISU | ||
| Humanes Diaz | Bernardo | KIA Brunete | ||
| Hunter | Archibald James | NMU | ||
| Hynes | Harold Ernest | NMU | KIA Brunete | |
| Ignatuk | Boris | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Ihalainen | Vaino Armas | |||
| Inget | John Henry | KIA City of Barcelona | ||
| Isenberg | Robert Woodrow | NMU | ||
| Jacobs | George Theodore | NMU | ||
| Jarvinen | Erland | |||
| Jelin | Maurice | KIA Jarama | ||
| Jones | James Moore | NMU | ||
| Jones | Sheldon Star | ISU | ||
| Kaiser | Spartaco | |||
| Kates | Justus | |||
| Katz | Issac | |||
| Kaufman | Alfred Leo | Maritime Federation of Workers | KIA Retreats April | |
| Kaufman | Sidney | |||
| Kazoglis | Peter | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Keenan | Thomas Michael | NMU | ||
| Keir | Duncan Jr. | |||
| Keith | Charles Lawrences | NMU | ||
| Kelvin | Duane | |||
| Kirchner | Karl | Seaman in 1939 prior? | ||
| Kleidman | Lawrence Isadore | KIA Teruel | ||
| Klein | Seymour | NMU | ||
| Klerlein | Joseph Carroll | |||
| Llieger | Leister Gustave | |||
| Kolping | Hugo | |||
| Koppal | Valentine S. Diaz Garcia | British Sailor’s and Fireman’s Union | ||
| Korb | Max | NMU | ||
| Kouzis | George Aristides | NMU | ||
| Kozar | John | |||
| Kristiansen | Oskar | |||
| Krstovek/Della Croce | Romano | |||
| Krumbeck | Frederick | NMU | ||
| Kunstlich | Alex Cecil | NMU | ||
| Lahue | Albert Joseph Vincent | |||
| Lamotte | Pierre Alexandre | |||
| Lampert | Joseph Julius | KIA City of Barcelona | ||
| LaRocca | Peter | |||
| Leighton | John Stuart | |||
| Lemke | Otto Ernest | |||
| Levine | Sidney | |||
| Levinger | Samuel Harold | |||
| Lewis | George Murray | NMU | ||
| Lingeman | Clarence George | |||
| Liston | Robert | |||
| Litsas | Christopher E. | NMU | ||
| Lizarrago | Manuel | |||
| Logan | John Munro | NMU | ||
| López Echavarria | Rafael | ISU | ||
| Lund | Hans | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Lux | Vilmos William | Seaman in the 1920s | ||
| Maceivas | Segundo | |||
| Madigan | Frank | SUP/ISU | ||
| Madigan | William | |||
| Maier | Henry Rudolph | |||
| Maldonado Menendez | Miguel | KIA Jarama Feb. 27 | ||
| Male | Douglas Wayne | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Mann | Harold Munford | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Mapralian | John H. | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Maragiakis | Antionio Spiros | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Marca | Arnold Theodore | |||
| Marín | Emiliano | |||
| Marin Negual | Francisco | POW | Chilean | |
| Markowitz | Sam | KIA Ebro Siera Cabals believed captured and executed | ||
| Marletti | Mario Luigi | KIA? | ||
| Martinelli | William | NMU | ||
| Masjuán Rodríguez | Jaime | |||
| Matson | Erick | KIA Retreats April | ||
| McCarthy | William Frederick | |||
| McCuistion | William Coulter | NMU | ||
| McCullough | Lawrence | NMU | ||
| McKinnon | Daniel Franklin | NMU | ||
| McStravick | James Terrence | NMU | ||
| Menendez Algora | Francisco | |||
| Mensh | Harry | |||
| Merkel | Paul | |||
| Mertens | Frank | |||
| Miller | Frank Ralph | |||
| Miller | William Newton | KIA Ebro Sept 7 captured and executed | ||
| Molina Doce | Manuel | |||
| Mones Matos | Feliciano | |||
| Moore | Thomas Ayers | NMU/UMWA | ||
| Morel | William Benjamin | |||
| Mori | Benedetto | Jumped ship in NYC | ||
| Morris | Virgil Lanny | |||
| Morse | Eugene | |||
| Moscowitz | Ignatz | NMU | POW | |
| Mouton | Roy Leonard | NMU | ||
| Mugianis | Christos | KIA Belchite Sept | ||
| Murphy | James Adam | |||
| Natalin | Giuseppe | KIA 1938 | ||
| Neef | Oscar Christian | |||
| Nelson | John J. | NMU | ||
| Nieber | Johannes | NMU | ||
| Nieder | David Louis | |||
| Nowakowski | Anthony | |||
| O’Flaherty | Thomas | NMU | KIA Ebro Sierra Caballs Sept | |
| O’Kane | Walter Elmer | NMU | KIA Retreats April | |
| Oliver | Louis Anthony | NMU | ||
| Olsen | George | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Olsen | Leonard Evan | |||
| Ornitz | Louis Noah | |||
| Orton | Carl Frederick Gutherz | KIA Retreats March | ||
| O’Toole | Lawrence John | |||
| Owens | Harry Francis | KIA Brunete | ||
| Paliaga | Giuseppe | |||
| Palmer | William Colon | IMU | ||
| Palu | John | |||
| Panic | Dragomir | |||
| Paull | Eldred Raymond | |||
| Payne | Earl Elwood | |||
| Peña Aybar | Alberto | |||
| Peña Pena | Mauel | NMU | ||
| Penino | Pedro | ISU | ||
| Perry | Leslie Raymond | |||
| Pesce | Angelo | |||
| Peters | Raymon Leo | KIA Brunete | ||
| Pick | Robert Carl | NMU? | KIA Jarama | |
| Pierce | James Arthur | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Pitzer | John Charles | |||
| Postek | Stanley | |||
| Povelson | Helge S. | NMU | ||
| Prince | Clarence Isom | ISU | ||
| Prios | George Pangioou | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Priovolos | Louis Stephen | |||
| Putek | John | |||
| Raisis | George A. | KIA Aragon? | ||
| Rapitis | James D. | KIA Fuentes de Ebro | ||
| Reddon | Emery | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Reed | Karl Albert | |||
| Reyer Gómes | Albino | |||
| Rhead | Robert George | Died of Heart failure from pneumonia | ||
| Rivera | Leopoldo | |||
| Rizzo | Anthony Michael | |||
| Roach | Douglas Ryan | |||
| Robbins | Albert | NMU | ||
| Robinson | John Quigley | |||
| Rochester | Sterling Taylor | |||
| Rodriguez | Felipe | IMU | ||
| Rody | John | |||
| Roffman | Joseph | ISU | ||
| Rojas | Miguel Ángel | |||
| Rollins | Fred | NMU | ||
| Romantzis | Constantino | |||
| Rosner | Hyman Frank | |||
| Rouen | Jean Pierre | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Rouillard | John | |||
| Rubin | Harry | Seaman’s Union (?) | ||
| Rudnisky | William | |||
| Sacalis | Lucas | |||
| Saligopolos | Themestodes | |||
| Salingas | Sophocles | |||
| Salter | Felix Buris | Died of Tuberculous Peritonitis Oct 38 | ||
| Samaras | Constantinos Christodoulo | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Sanborn | Charles William | |||
| Sánchez Cevera | José | |||
| Sands | Joseph | |||
| Sansone | Joseph | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Santonja | Santiago | |||
| Sargent | Edsal Laurence | |||
| Sauermilch | Alexader | |||
| Scarletos | Costas | |||
| Scarpello | Charles Anthony | |||
| Schlessinger | Herbert | SUP | KIA Ebro Sierra Caballs Sept | |
| Schneider | Murray | |||
| Schutt | William | |||
| Schutz | Herbert Lawrence | |||
| Sciarra | Philip Lugiano | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Scudder | Roy Edwin | NMU | ||
| Searl | Herbert Hunt | |||
| Seelmann | Theodores | KIA Retreats April | Seaman in the 1920s | |
| Segalla | Domenico | KIA Pozoblanco Front Nov. 37 | ||
| Seno Martínez | Pedro | |||
| Shilman | Arthur | |||
| Seigel | Samuel | Seaman? | ||
| Sills | Benjamin | NMU/SUP | ||
| Sironi | Luigi | |||
| Skean | Joseph William | |||
| Slivon | Boleslaw | SUP | KIA Ebro Sept. artillery barrage | |
| Spaulding | Barney | NMU | ||
| Sprungman | Walter Howard | Seaman 1910s | ||
| Stanley | Freddie Owen | POW | ||
| Steele | Raymond Albert | KIA Brunete | ||
| Steinbach | Raymond | |||
| Steine | Emil Karl | KIA Jarama | ||
| Stern | Marvin | KIA Ebro June | ||
| Stokes | Floyd Lee | |||
| Stratlit | Eugend | |||
| Stuivernberg | Johannes | SUP | ||
| Suárez | Luis | |||
| Sullivan | Robert John | |||
| Susman | William | NMU/SUP | ||
| Szvorinich | John | |||
| Syvanen | Carl Ralph | |||
| Tatham | William John | NMU | ||
| Teodorsen | Anthony | SUP | KIA — reported during Retreats March | |
| Therianos | Georogios | |||
| Thornton | James Nathan | SUP | ||
| Ticer | Raymond Elvis | |||
| Tsanakas | John | |||
| Tuggle | Ova | |||
| Vail | Earl Frederick | ISU, NMU | ||
| Vallon | Gianpaolo | |||
| Van Pataghan | Andrew | Seaman’s Union (?) | ||
| Van Trier | Charles Johannes | |||
| Vascon | Nicolò | |||
| Vinovich | George Lawrence | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Vrettos | Dionysios L. | KIA Retreats April | ||
| Wagner | Ervin | Seaman 1918 | ||
| Wallace | Joseph Charles Jr. | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Wallace | Levin Smith Jr. | |||
| Walsh | Joseph Martin Jr. | NMU | ||
| Walsh | Robert Joseph | |||
| Watts | Robert Charles | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Wergles | Rodger D. | |||
| Whitcomb | Noel Aubrey | |||
| White | Paul | Executed April 1938 | ||
| Whitney | Gordon Porter | NMU | ||
| Williams | Jerry Henry | |||
| Williams | Randall Arthur | Marine Cooks and stewards of the Atlantic and Gulf | ||
| Winter | Arthur Myron | NMU | ||
| Wirta | Paul Edouard | NMU | ||
| Wittels | Isadore | |||
| Woodfield | Michael J. | |||
| Yates | James Oscar | |||
| Yilek | Frank | KIA Retreats March | ||
| Young | Joseph Lafayette | POW | ||
| Zalon | Sol | NMU | ||
| Zecovic | Milan | NMU | ||
| Ziagos | John | KIA Brunete | ||
| Ziegler | Albert | POW | ||
| Zimmer | Robert Joseph | |||
| Zingraf | Charles Lester | ISU | ||
| Bonturi | Bruno | CAT II | ||
| Cuevas Diaz | Manuel | CAT II | ||
| Mangraviti | Placido | CAT II | ||
| Matisic | Mate | CAT II | ||
| Vascon | Niccolo | CAT II | ||
| Chase | Van Rensalaer Jr. | Canadian on US lists | ||
| Costello | Raymond | Canadian on US lists | ||
| Epstein | Hyman | KIA Retreats March | Canadian on US lists | |
| Llewellyn | Eugene | Canadian on US lists | ||
| Gvozdenovic | Toma | Unconfirmed | ||
| Panic | Dragomir | Unconfirmed |
