World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Max K. Graham
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A P-47D ‘THUNDERBOLT’ FIGHTER PILOT ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 353RD FIGHTER GROUP, 350TH FIGHTER SQUADRON STATIONED AT THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RAYDON AIRFIELD ENGLAND, U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE, STATION #157. KILLED IN ACTION SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1944 DURING A BOMBER ESCORT MISSION IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY. HIS FIGHTER WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN ARTILLERY FLAK AND CRASHED IN THE AREA OF BAYEUX, FRANCE. HE WAS BURIED BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS OF BAYEUX AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE; HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO DALLAS, TEXAS IN JULY OF 1948, WITH INTERMENT IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY.