Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

FBI FD-302 Report: Biographical Data and Selective Service Card Details

Oswald was advised of his right to remain silent, that any statement could be used against him, and of his right to counsel before being asked for descriptive and biographical data. He declined to explain his possession of a Selective Service photograph card bearing the name “ALEK JAMES HIDELL.” When the interview appeared prolonged, Oswald remarked that he recognized the agent’s tactics, comparing them to a similar agency in Russia, before ultimately providing his employment information. The biographical data obtained included: white male, born October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana; 5’9“, 140 pounds, medium brown hair, blue-gray eyes, no tattoos or scars; mother Marguerite Oswald (practical nurse in Arlington, Texas, not seen for about a year), father Robert Lee Oswald (deceased August 31, 1939), wife Marina with two infant children, and brothers John Oswald (last known in Fort Worth five or six years earlier, working in pharmaceuticals) and Robert Oswald of 7313 Davenport, Fort Worth. His wallet contained his Social Security card and a Selective Service System card photo with “Notice of Classification” in the name “ALEK JAMES HIDELL” (SSN 42-224-39-5321), classification IV____ (?), dated February 5, 1962, from Texas Local Board 400 West Vickery, Fort Worth, bearing erasures, retyped information, and the longhand signature “ALEK J. HIDELL”; the reverse side referenced Local Board 114 for LEE HARVEY OSWALD (SSN 41-114-39-532), 3124 West 5th Street, Fort Worth, registered September 14, 1959, with clerk Mrs. Zola Z. Burger.