• El seu nom real era Charles Kauffman
• Hi ha dubtes respecte a la data de naixement: 10 d'agost de 1911 o de 1915
• De familia jueva, va quedar orfe molt jove
• Era mariner i membre del Partit Comunista des de 1933
• Vivia a Nova york
• Salpà bord de l'Aquitania l'1 de setembre de 1937, arribà via Setcases el 13 de setembre de 1937
• Serví a la XV Brigada, Batalló Mackenzie-Papineau, companyia 3a.
• Lluità a Terol, Segura de los Baños i a la retirada
• Passà al Batalló Lincoln-Washington, 
• Comandant
• Va ser donat per desaparegut durant la retirada però, de fet, va ser capturat a Gandesa
• Va estar presoner a San Pedro de Cardeña
• Va ser intercanviat el 22 d'abril de 1939 i va tornar als Estats Units el 6 de maig de 1939, a bord del President Harding
• Durant la Segona Guerra Mundial va servir a la marina mercant nordamericana
• Va morir el 15 de febrer de 1978 a Nova York

(Kauffman, Charles [real name]); b. August 11, 1915 (August 10, 1911), Rutland, Vermont; POW; Father Jacob Kauffman (1880-1924), mother Catherine “Kate” Tetenbaum/Teitelbaum (1883-1922); After the death of his parents he and his brothers were placed in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in NYC until 1933; Attended Townsend Harris High School in New York; Single; Common Law wife; Seaman and Ship’s steward (NMU); CP 1933, unit organizer; Received Passport# 85918 on April 5, 1934 which listed his address as 550 West 20th Street, and 104 East 17th Street, both NYC; Sailed September 1, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on September 13, 1937; Served with the  XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau BN, Co. 3, Commissar; Served at Teruel, Segura de los Baños, and the Retreats; Later in Lincoln-Washington BN; Reported MIA Retreats, Captured at Gandesa; While at San Pedro he headed up "the Under Crust;" Exchanged April 22, 1939; Returned to the US on May 6, 1939 aboard the President Harding; WWII Merchant Marine serving on the Murmansk Run; d. February 15, 1978, NYC.