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Graham John Ralston

Name:
John Ralston Graham
Rank:
First Lieutenant
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Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-18
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Pennsylvania
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From: www.findagrave.com: Born December 29, 1890, in Philadelphia. Son of John T. and Anne Ralston Graham. Educated Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1914. Engineer on Panama Canal, 1913, later with Pennsylvania Railroad. Joined American Field Service, November 17, 1915; attached Section Two until May 17, 1916. Croix de Guerre. Returned to United States. Entered Fort Niagara Training Camp. commissioned First Lieutenant. To France, September, 1917, with 18th Infantry. Recommended for Captaincy. Killed in action, July 18, 1918, between Cutry and St. Pierre-Aigle, south of Soissons. Buried there, later transferred to American Cemetery at Ploisy. Now buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.