Joseph H. Sloan
Joseph H. Sloan, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army.
Staff Sergeant • U.S. Army • Serial 32243128
3rd Battalion, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
Entered service from New Jersey • Died November 30, 1944
Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Plot F O 1800, Beverly, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
Staff Sergeant Joseph H. Sloan was born on March 19, 1919. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sloan. The Sloan family lived at 80 Woodland Avenue in Delaware Township NJ. He married prior to being inducted into the Army, and lived with his wife Leotta and daughter Joan at 125 Haddon Avenue in Westmont NJ.
Inducted into the United States Army early in the war, Joseph Sloan was a member of the 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on November 30, 1944, during the house-to-house fighting at Sarre-Union. He was brought home after the war and buried at Beverly National Cemetery on April 14, 1948.
Photos
Delaware Township (Cherry Hill), NJ, World War II memorial.
125 Haddon Avenue, Westmont, NJ, 2004. This address, now part of the Westmont Liquors building, was the home of Joseph Sloan’s wife Leotta and daughter Joan.
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ.