Carol, That could be. But I've seen many discrepancies in birth dates in the SSDI and even on death certificates. Thanks for posting that article. Do you know who he married? Lynda In a message dated 3/30/2011 8:49:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dana1895@verizon.net writes: Lynda, Since he was adopted, maybe they changed his birth date.What do you think?