Robert B. Graham

Born: About 1923
Killed in Action: March 31, 1945 while serving on the USS Hancock at Okinawa.

U.S. Navy
Rank: Lieutenant, Junior Grade

Lt. Graham volunteered for the service soon after graduation from Benedictine High School in Richmond in 1942, where he was in their military preparation program and played football. He died in the Navy while piloting a Curtis Hell-Diver that crash landed on an aircraft carrier.

At the time of his death, Lt. Graham was survived by his wife, Mrs. Audrey C. Graham, his 13 month old daughter, Nancy Bruce Graham, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John G. Graham, and two brothers, J. Malcolm Graham and Samuel G. Graham.

Interment: Lt. Graham was buried at sea. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii

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