Born: 18-Oct-1939
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA
Died: 24-Nov-1963
Location of death: Dallas, TX [1]
Cause of death: Assassination [2]
Remains: Buried, Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Assassin

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Assassin of John F. Kennedy

Military service: USMC (24-Oct-1956 to 3-Sep-1959)

A former US Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald spent time in Russia and took a Russian bride in 1961. In August 1963, he was known to have distributed leaflets in New Orleans for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, a pro-Castro organization. Months later he assassinated John F. Kennedy and murdered Officer J. D. Tippit in an incidental encounter. Oswald himself was assassinated by nightclub owner Jack Ruby at Dallas Police headquarters on live television.

[2] Gunned down by nightclub owner Jack Ruby on live television.

Father: Robert E. Lee Oswald (d. 1939, before Lee's birth)
Mother: Marguerite Claverie Oswald
Brother: Robert Edward Lee Oswald (older)
Wife: Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova (m. 30-Apr-1961, until his death)
Daughter: June Lee Oswald (b. 15-Feb-1961)
Daughter: Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald (b. 20-Oct-1963)

    High School: Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, TX (dropped out, 10th grade)

    American Civil Liberties Union Dallas, TX
    Fair Play for Cuba Committee New Orleans, LA
    Socialist Workers Party 30-Oct-1962
    Left at Orphanage 1942-43
    Truancy
    Psychiatric Observation (age 13)
    Unlawful Possession of a Firearm court martialed
    Dishonorable Discharge 11-Sep-1959
    Traveled to the USSR Oct-1959
    Suicide Attempt to avoid deportation (21-Oct-1959)
    Renounced US Citizenship 31-Oct-1959
    Disturbing the Peace New Orleans, LA (9-Aug-1963)
    Murder of John F. Kennedy (22-Nov-1963)
    Murder of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (22-Nov-1963)
    Shot Dallas, TX (24-Nov-1963)
    Televised Death
    Died Intestate
    Autopsy 24-Nov-1963
    Exhumed 4-Oct-1981
    Autopsy 4-Oct-1981

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