World War II Honoree

William Daniel Graham

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

East Prospect, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mrs. Virginia P. Graham

Relationship

Wife

SERVICE NUMBER 33495120, CORPORAL. MEDICAL TECHNICIAN,SERVED IN A MEDICAL DETACHMENT WITH THE 236TH ENGINEERS 'MERRILL'S MARAUDERS' IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER, CONSTRUCTED THE LEDO ROAD, WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE TOWN OF LEDO, IN ASSAM PROVINCE, INDIA, SOUTHWARD INTO BURMA TO JOIN THE BURMA ROAD, OVER WHICH SUPPLIES WERE HAULED TO CHINA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, PURPLE HEART FOR BEING WOUNDED BY SNIPER FIRE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.