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Veteran Valor: William Graveratte
William Graveratte was born in 1920 along the Pinconning River. Growing up during the depression was difficult. In June of 1940 Graveratte decided to join the army.
On November 6, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, William-while facing over whelming odds-was wounded several times and taken prisoner, SSG Graveratte spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war (POW), at STALAG 11113m Barracks 11-A.
William kept busy during his captivity by recording his experiences in a diary that someone had discarded.
The POW Grapevine was reporting the probability of the Russian Army repatriating Graveratte's camp. With this news, Graveratte escaped and made his way to American lines.
William was a free man in June of 1945. He returned home and was discharged in August of that same year. SSG Graveratte earned the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), the Bronze Star Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal and the European/African Middle East Campaign Medal with four campaign stars, three overseas bars and one service stripe.
After his discharge, William went back to school in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then worked for Dow Chemical and Burns Security of Detroit.
Mr. Graveratte 80 passed away at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Pinconnig to the late Amos & Sarah Graveratte. He married the former Florence Isaac on May 2, 1948 in Pinconning , she predeceased him in 1999. He was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Pinconning United Methodist Church, and a Life member of the D,A.V, Standish Post 100.
He is survived by his son Neal & Belinda, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, sisters Virginia Pigeon,Kathleen, a brother Moses. He was preceded by his parents, his wife, a son William, brothers: James & Joseph.
Veteran Valor: William Graveratte
William Graveratte was born in 1920 along the Pinconning River. Growing up during the depression was difficult. In June of 1940 Graveratte decided to join the army.
On November 6, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, William-while facing over whelming odds-was wounded several times and taken prisoner, SSG Graveratte spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war (POW), at STALAG 11113m Barracks 11-A.
William kept busy during his captivity by recording his experiences in a diary that someone had discarded.
The POW Grapevine was reporting the probability of the Russian Army repatriating Graveratte's camp. With this news, Graveratte escaped and made his way to American lines.
William was a free man in June of 1945. He returned home and was discharged in August of that same year. SSG Graveratte earned the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), the Bronze Star Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal and the European/African Middle East Campaign Medal with four campaign stars, three overseas bars and one service stripe.
After his discharge, William went back to school in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then worked for Dow Chemical and Burns Security of Detroit.
Mr. Graveratte 80 passed away at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Pinconnig to the late Amos & Sarah Graveratte. He married the former Florence Isaac on May 2, 1948 in Pinconning , she predeceased him in 1999. He was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Pinconning United Methodist Church, and a Life member of the D,A.V, Standish Post 100.
He is survived by his son Neal & Belinda, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, sisters Virginia Pigeon,Kathleen, a brother Moses. He was preceded by his parents, his wife, a son William, brothers: James & Joseph.
*************UNCLE***************
Veteran Valor: William Graveratte
William Graveratte was born in 1920 along the Pinconning River. Growing up during the depression was difficult. In June of 1940 Graveratte decided to join the army.
On November 6, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, William-while facing over whelming odds-was wounded several times and taken prisoner, SSG Graveratte spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war (POW), at STALAG 11113m Barracks 11-A.
William kept busy during his captivity by recording his experiences in a diary that someone had discarded.
The POW Grapevine was reporting the probability of the Russian Army repatriating Graveratte's camp. With this news, Graveratte escaped and made his way to American lines.
William was a free man in June of 1945. He returned home and was discharged in August of that same year. SSG Graveratte earned the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), the Bronze Star Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal and the European/African Middle East Campaign Medal with four campaign stars, three overseas bars and one service stripe.
After his discharge, William went back to school in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then worked for Dow Chemical and Burns Security of Detroit.
Mr. Graveratte 80 passed away at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Pinconnig to the late Amos & Sarah Graveratte. He married the former Florence Isaac on May 2, 1948 in Pinconning , she predeceased him in 1999. He was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Pinconning United Methodist Church, and a Life member of the D,A.V, Standish Post 100.
He is survived by his son Neal & Belinda, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, sisters Virginia Pigeon,Kathleen, a brother Moses. He was preceded by his parents, his wife, a son William, brothers: James & Joseph.
Veteran Valor: William Graveratte
William Graveratte was born in 1920 along the Pinconning River. Growing up during the depression was difficult. In June of 1940 Graveratte decided to join the army.
On November 6, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, William-while facing over whelming odds-was wounded several times and taken prisoner, SSG Graveratte spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war (POW), at STALAG 11113m Barracks 11-A.
William kept busy during his captivity by recording his experiences in a diary that someone had discarded.
The POW Grapevine was reporting the probability of the Russian Army repatriating Graveratte's camp. With this news, Graveratte escaped and made his way to American lines.
William was a free man in June of 1945. He returned home and was discharged in August of that same year. SSG Graveratte earned the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), the Bronze Star Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal and the European/African Middle East Campaign Medal with four campaign stars, three overseas bars and one service stripe.
After his discharge, William went back to school in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then worked for Dow Chemical and Burns Security of Detroit.
Mr. Graveratte 80 passed away at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Pinconnig to the late Amos & Sarah Graveratte. He married the former Florence Isaac on May 2, 1948 in Pinconning , she predeceased him in 1999. He was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Pinconning United Methodist Church, and a Life member of the D,A.V, Standish Post 100.
He is survived by his son Neal & Belinda, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, sisters Virginia Pigeon,Kathleen, a brother Moses. He was preceded by his parents, his wife, a son William, brothers: James & Joseph.
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