Graham, William Milton M.., PFC

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Final Rank
Private First Class
Last Service Branch
Armor
Last MOS
4733-Armored Reconnaissance Crewman
Last MOS Group
Armor
Primary Unit
1950-1952, 4733, 25th Armored Reconnaissance Company
Service Years
1943 - 1952
Armor
Private First Class
One Service Stripe
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Texas
Texas
Year of Birth
1925
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Bexar

Casualty Date
Mar 02, 1952
 
Cause
KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason
Unknown, Not Reported
Location
Korea, North
Conflict
Second Korean Winter (1951-52)
Location of Interment
Roselawn Cemetery - Pueblo, Colorado
Wall/Plot Coordinates
35 90 1

 Official Badges 

Honorably Discharged WW II


 Unofficial Badges 




 Ribbon Bar


 
 Unit Assignments
25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
  1949-1950, 4677, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
  1950-1952, 4733, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
  1950-1952, 4733, 25th Armored Reconnaissance Company
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1943-1945 WWII - American Theater
  1945-1950 US Occupation of Germany (WWII)
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Defensive (1950)/Battle of Pusan Perimeter
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Defensive (1950)
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Eighth Army Offensive
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Inchon Landing/Operation Chromite
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Second Battle of Seoul
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)
  1950-1951 Korean War/CCF Intervention (1950-51)
  1951-1951 Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)
  1951-1951 Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)/Battle of the Imjin River
  1951-1951 Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)/Battle of Kapyong
  1951-1951 Korean War/CCF Spring Offensive (1951)
  1951-1951 Korean War/UN Summer-Fall Offensive (1951)
  1951-1952 Second Korean Winter (1951-52)
 Other News, Events and Photographs
 
  Oct 12, 2016, Other Photos
 Additional Information
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Comments/Citation:

     PFC William Milton Graham (RA 17147148) was born in Bexar County, Texas in 1925. He enlisted for WWII in 1943.  He enlisted again sometime before the US entered the Korean War and was assigned to the 25th Reconnaissance Company of the 25th Infantry Division which was doing Occupation Duty in Osaka, Japan.  In July of 1950 they were sent to Korea and landed at Pusan, South Korea on July 17, 1950.  So, for 20 months William was in combat and was killed on the second drive into North Korea.
     Also, his sister, Betty Jean Graham was the one who signed for his memorial grave stone on July 17, 1952.

   
 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Korean War Fallen3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Association
  1952, Korean War Fallen
  1988, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Association
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