Sloan, Dinfred F. (1918 - 1968): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1918 - 1968 (50 years)

Name	Sloan, Dinfred F.
Birth	1 Feb 1918	Hardinville, Crawford County, Illinois [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	SLOA.D003
_FGRAVE	59181652
Military Service	World War II, Technical Sergeant, 1928th Ordnance Armament Company (Aviation), United States Army [3]
	Entered active service as a draftee on July 13, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for service with the Ordnance Department, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Ammunition Supply Technician (MOS 505). Departed the Continental U.S. on January 17, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with the 1928th Ordnance Armament Company (Aviation). Attended the Advanced (Aviation) Ammunition Course at the Army Air Forces Ammunition School (Aviation) in England. Honorably discharged as a Technical Sergeant on April 6, 1946 at the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, the Distinguished Unit Badge, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2299260
		World War II Honoree, Sloan, Dinfred F. (1918-1968)
		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
		United States Army Air Forces
		United States Army Air Forces
		Technical Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
		Presidential Unit Citation, United States Army Originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation
		Presidential Unit Citation, United States Uniformed Services Originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation
		Military Service Ribbons, Sloan, Dinfred F. (1918-1968) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		World War II (1939-1945)
		European Theater of World War II
		Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, Missouri
		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
Death	16 Mar 1968	Kimball County, Nebraska [1]
Burial	Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska [4]
Burial		Headstone, Sloan, Dinfred F. and Rheva R. Mundy
Person ID	I26803	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	6 May 2024

Family	Parker, Rheva Rhea, b. 11 Dec 1920, Oblong, Crawford County, Illinois d. 4 May 2006, Kimball County, Nebraska (Age 85 years)
Family ID	F11525	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

Sources

[S7595] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sloan, Dinfred F. and Rheva R. Mundy, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sloan&GSfn=Dinfred&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=59181652&df=), none.
[S3965] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 9, page 5a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3).
[S7550] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Dinfred F. Sloan, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2299260) (Reliability: 2).
[S7595] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sloan, Dinfred F. and Rheva R. Mundy, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sloan&GSfn=Dinfred&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=59181652&df=), none. (Reliability: 2).