Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald

Known For

Acting

Born

October 18, 1939

Died

November 24, 1963 (aged 24)

Birthplace

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Biography

Lee Harvey Oswald was an American Marxist and former U.S. Marine who the Warren Commission concluded had assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Oswald was honorably released from active duty in the Marine Corps into the reserve and defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959.