Obituary of Pvt Graham B Cavenaugh ~ 1944

Source: Wallace Enterprise Jun 29 1944

First Duplin Boy Reported Missing In Action June 8 


Pvt. Graham B. Cavenaugh, Son Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cavenaugh First Duplin 
County Boy To Be Reported Missing In Action In France. 

Among First To Land In France 

He Was A Member Of The Fourth Division And Took Part In The Invasion 

Pvt. Graham B. Cavenaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Cavenaugh, Route 2, 
Wallace, N. C., has been reported missing in action somewhere on a 
beachhead in France. He has been reported missing since June 8, 1944, just 
two days after his Division landed in France. Private Cavenaugh was a 
member of the Fourth Division.
Mr. and Mrs. Cavenaugh received a letter from the Adjutant General on 
Monday, June 26, expressing the deep regret of the Secretary of War that 
their son, Pvt. Graham B. Cavenaugh had been reported missing in action.
Private Cavenaugh is the first Duplin County boy to be reported missing in 
action in France since the invasion took place. However, there are quite a 
large number of Duplin boys in the Fourth Division, which was one of the 
first American Divisions to land in France, and reports from these will be 
received soon, it is hoped.
He was also one among the first boys from the county to be inducted into 
the Army. He was inducted in May, 1941, served two years in the Panama 
Canal Zone, and was transferred to England in February, 1944.





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