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Personal info

Full name
SLOAN, Norman James
Date of birth
29 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35067355
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
West of Rur River, sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Patrick J. Sloan (father)
Mary E. (Sullivan) Sloan (mother)
Lucile R. Sloan (sister)
Helen M. Sloan (sister)
Gerard F. Sloan (brother)
Aline A. Sloan (sister)
Nina (Hagemeister) Sloan (wife)
Patricia N. Sloan (daughter)

More information

Pfc Norman J. Sloan attended Collinwood High School and worked as a mechanic.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 24 June 1943.

His father was born in Northern Ireland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Malloy Family Tree / Cuyahoga County Marriage Records, http://blog.genealogybank.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Scott Phillips