My Paternal Uncles, Harold "Ham" Sloan and Edward Sloan, in about 1909

Edward H. Sloan was a US Marine who fought in the Invasion of Iwo Jima. He was a Captain in the Fifth Service Battalion.

The name of Edward Sloan appears in the Social Security Death Index as Name E SLOAN, born 20 Jun 1904, died June 1978, Residence 52501 (Bladensburg, Wapello, IA), Last benefit (No Location Given), Social Security Number 356-03-6688, Issuing State, Illinois, issued Before 1951.

The name of Harold "Ham" Sloan appears in the Social Security Death Index as Name HAROLD SLOAN Born 14 May 1906 Died Apr 1982 Residence 60193 (Schaumburg, IL) Last Benefit (No Location Given) SSN 708-07-4217 Issuing State Railroad Retirement Issued Before 1951.

Note that the "issuing state" for Harold Sloan is "Railroad Retirement".

He worked most of his life for the railroad.

My father, Leroy B. Sloan, was born in 1910 and thus was not born yet at the time of this photo.


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