Social Security Index

   Name: Roan, James M
   Birth: 9 Feb 1919
   Death: 14 Feb 2002 P
   Age: 83
   Res: Thomasville, Thomas, GA 31757
   Ben: (not specified)
   Issued By: Georgia
   SSN: 257-18-3680
Record of Enlistment

Name: Roan, James M
SerNo: 34443249
Residence: Pike, Georgia
Place of Enlistment: Ft Mcpherson Atlanta Georgia
Date Of Enlistment: 09-21-1942
Nativity: Georgia
Year of Birth: 1917
Race/Citizenship: White, citizen
Education: 4 years of college
Civilian Occupation: Student
Marital Status: Married
Film Reel Number: 3.222 Box Number: 0800
Notes

After the war, he worked as a visitation or truant officer for a school system in Georgia. His wife, Kate, worked in the school cafeteria. They had two children, Susan and Billy. The machinist who made rings from pennies, he ran the mobile machine shop. He could grind valves and make temporary parts when they couldn't get them. He attended the US Air Corps National School of Aeronautics in Kansas City, MO. He cut the boys hair to earn extra money.
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