World War II Honoree

Harold E. Graham

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Plumas County, California

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY MARCH 25, 1942 AT FORT MACARTHUR, SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A PARATROOPER, WHO SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE SERVICE COMPANY, 507TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 17TH AIRBORNE ‘GOLDEN TALONS’ DIVISION. KILLED IN ACTION SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1945 DURING OPERATION VARSITY, THE LAST FULL SCALE AIRBORNE DROP OF WWII. HE DIED IN THE VICINITY OF FLUREN, GERMANY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO KANSAS, WITH INTERMENT IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY.