Raymond "Ray" Nels Graftstrom

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Unit Info: 125th Field Artillery

GRAFSTROM, Raymond "Ray" Nels

Ray Graftstrom, of Hibbing, Minnesota, entered the U.S. Army on October 17th 1940.

He served in the 125th Field Artillery Battalion of the 34th Infantry Division, and later as a cadet in the Army Air Corps.

He was killed in a flight training accident on Febrary 17th 1943 in the continental United States.

Source(s):

Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 93.