GRAHAM, John Lewin
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'41 Independent Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
RM 9087
Born:
Monday, December 21, 1931
Died :
Wednesday, November 29, 1950
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
18
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine John Graham, aged 18 and from Hightown, Salford, died during operations at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea. He had been a Royal Marine for 18 months.
Sources
AFM ROH.
British Casualties , Korean War 1950-1953.
Korean Vets. Assn website.
Report and image in the Manchester Evening News 8 December 1950
Notes
His Commando were engaged in operations with US Forces as part of Taskforce Drysdale, named after their Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Douglas B. Drysdale , heading out from Koto-ri, Korea, in an attempt to relieve allied forces at Hagaru-ri. This was during what later became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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