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Dan Voloshin

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Michigan
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Dan Voloshin was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: did not register for draft; interviewed by Bd. in Feb. at Leavenworth; charged with disobedience of orders; Russian (not a U.S. citizen); reason for stance = “Bolshwik”; a C.O.???

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas