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Lieut John Thomas Graham Jr.

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Lieut John Thomas Graham Jr.

Birth
Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Jul 1944 (aged 28)
Saint-Gilles, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section G - Heritage (upper section)
Memorial ID
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Corpus Christi (Texas) Times
June 4, 1948

SERVICES FOR LT. GRAHAM SET TOMORROW
The funeral for J. T. Graham, Jr., of Corpus Christi, Army infantry first lieutenant who was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944, will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

The Rev. David S. Rose will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction fo Cage-Mills Funeral home. The family has requested that no flowers be sent.

Graham was the son of Tom Graham of this city and the husband of Mrs. Dorothy Lou Culton Graham.

Other survivors are: two sons, J. T. Graham, III, and Knox Culton Graham; two sisters, Mrs. John R. Bowen, III of Dallas, and Mrs. Richard H. Rice, Corpus Christi; and two brothers, Burdette Graham and Jack W. Graham, both of Corpus Christi.

Lt. Graham was associated with his father in the oil business here before joining the Army in April, 1942. He was a graduate of the volunteer officers school at Fort Benning, Ga., and received basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. He had been overseas only two months when he was killed.

Graham spent most of his youth in Corpus Christi and was graduated from Corpus Christi High School in 1933. He was a member of the Rotary Club here when he entered the Army.
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Father: John Thomas Graham
Mother: Dora Dean Carr
Service No. (ASN): 01302455
Corpus Christi (Texas) Times
June 4, 1948

SERVICES FOR LT. GRAHAM SET TOMORROW
The funeral for J. T. Graham, Jr., of Corpus Christi, Army infantry first lieutenant who was killed in action in France on July 12, 1944, will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

The Rev. David S. Rose will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park under direction fo Cage-Mills Funeral home. The family has requested that no flowers be sent.

Graham was the son of Tom Graham of this city and the husband of Mrs. Dorothy Lou Culton Graham.

Other survivors are: two sons, J. T. Graham, III, and Knox Culton Graham; two sisters, Mrs. John R. Bowen, III of Dallas, and Mrs. Richard H. Rice, Corpus Christi; and two brothers, Burdette Graham and Jack W. Graham, both of Corpus Christi.

Lt. Graham was associated with his father in the oil business here before joining the Army in April, 1942. He was a graduate of the volunteer officers school at Fort Benning, Ga., and received basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. He had been overseas only two months when he was killed.

Graham spent most of his youth in Corpus Christi and was graduated from Corpus Christi High School in 1933. He was a member of the Rotary Club here when he entered the Army.
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Father: John Thomas Graham
Mother: Dora Dean Carr
Service No. (ASN): 01302455

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