Frank Greco

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:New York
Support
Conscientious Objection Anti-War
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Biography

Frank Greco was a Brazilian national living in New York who resisted World War I military service on anti-capitalist grounds. He did not register for the draft, was interviewed by the military Board of Inquiry at the Fort Leavenworth disciplinary barracks on February 14, 1919, and received a five-year prison sentence. His record appears in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection’s World War I Conscientious Objectors database.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Failure to register for the World War I draft and refusal of military service on anti-capitalist grounds.
Sentence: Five years in prison.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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