American Seamen In Spain

October 28, 2023
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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.

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
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