Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Eugene Bondurant Sledge na Nọvemba 4, 1923, na Mobile, Alabama, nye Edward Simmons Sledge, onye dibịa, na Mary Frank "Sturdivant" Sledge, onye isi ụmụ nwanyị na kọleji Huntingdon. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Murphy dị na Mobile n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 1942. Nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye, Edward Simmons Sledge nke Abụọ, amụrụ na Septemba 10, 1920, ma sonye na United States Army. Ọ gara n'ihu ije ozi n'ụlọ ihe nkiri dị n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Europe
, hapụrụ ndị agha ahụ n'ọkwa onye isi ma nwụọ na Septemba 23, 1985. Eugene bụ nwatakịrị na-arịa ọrịa ma tụfuo afọ abụọ nke agụmakwụkwọ n'ihi ọrịa rheumatic na ọnọdụ a hapụrụ ya na ụda obi. Otú ọ dị, ozugbo ọnọdụ ya belatara, ezinụlọ ya gbara ya ume ịbanye mahadum kama isonye n'òtù ndị agha. Ezigbo enyi ya n'oge ọ bụ nwata bụ Sidney Phillips dekwara Sledge akwụkwọ ozi site na Guadalcanal ma gbaa ya ume ka ọ ghara isonye n'ihe ọ bụla.