World War II Honoree

William Robert Graham, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Red Springs, North Carolina

Honored By

Rebecca Jackson

Relationship

Cousin

AUGUST 13, 1942. INDUCTED INTO US ARMY AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. AUGUST 27, 1942 AS A PRIVATE, TRANSFERRED TO CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS FOR BASIC TRAINING. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND BECAME A PHYSICAL TRAINING AND DRILL INSTRUCTOR AT CAMP GRANT. JUNE 23, 1943, DEPARTED FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK ABOARD LUXURY LINER QUEEN MARY TO SCOTLAND. TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND AS A SERGEANT MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ASSIGNED TO ENGINEER HEADQUARTERS NEAR WORKSOP, ENGLAND. FEBRUARY 1944, ASSIGNED TO MEDICAL DISPENSARY ORDNANCE DEPOT NEAR NORWICH, ENGLAND. IN MAY 1944, TRANSFERRED TO 258TH ORDNANCE BATTALION MEDICAL DETACHMENT AND TRANSFERRED TO SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND. JULY 1944 TRANSFERRED TO UTAH BEACH NORMANDY, FRANCE. ADVANCED WITH ARMY THROUGH FRANCE AND BELGIUM TO GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN 5 CAMPAIGNS IN EUROPEAN THEATER: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES (THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE), RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. STATIONED IN LIMBURG, GERMANY WHEN THE WAR ENDED. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 14, 1945 AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA.