World War II Honoree

Robert McKinley Graham, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Weyanoke, West Virginia

Honored By

Michael Graham

Relationship

Son

HIS FIRST DUTY STATION WAS DREW FIELD, FLORIDA, WHERE HE ATTENDED RADAR OPERATORS SCHOOL AFTER WHICH HE SERVED AS A RADAR OPERATOR (514) IN COMPANY B, 555TH SIGNAL AIRCRAFT WARNING BATTALION ADVANCING TO THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE. HE SAW ACTION IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, BELGIAN FOURRAGERE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON. HE WAS AWARDED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND, 12 DECEMBER 1945.