James E. Slocum was born on July 29, 1944, in Belmar, New Jersey. He was the son of Edward E Slocum and Minnie Bennett Slocum.

Private Slocum was in the Signal Corps and attached to a mechanized cavalry unit. He attended Manasquan High School and had been employed at the officer's club at Fort Monmouth before enlisting. He had enlisted at Fort Monmouth in March 1942 and served with the signal corps there until July 1944, when he was sent overseas. He was stationed in England and then saw action in France before being sent to Holland.

Private Slocum was assigned as Light Mortar Crewman (Military Occupation Specialty 607) in Troop C, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division. He was Killed in Action on November 6, 1944, in Ospel, Nnetherlands, and is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. p style='margin:0cm;font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'>Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org