Editing Calvin Graham (section)

{{Short description|United States Navy sailor}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Calvin Leon Graham
|birth_date= {{birth date|1930|4|3}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1992|11|6|1930|4|3}}
|birth_place= [[Canton, Texas]], US
|death_place= [[Fort Worth, Texas]], US
|placeofburial=
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|image=  Calvin Graham.jpg
|caption= Seaman First Class Calvin Graham in 1942
|nickname=
|allegiance= [[File:Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg|23px|border]] [[United States]]
|branch= [[File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg|25px]] [[United States Navy]] <br />{{marines|United States}}
|serviceyears= 1942–1943<br />1948–1951
|rank= [[File:E3_SM_USN.png|17px]] [[Seaman First Class]] – USN<br />[[File:USMC-E4.svg|19px]] [[Corporal]] – USMC<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=1439 |title=Calvin L. Graham |publisher=Veteran Tributes |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326145111/http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=1439 |archivedate=March 26, 2012}}</ref>
|commands=
|unit= [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)|USS ''South Dakota'']]
|battles= [[World War II]]
* [[Battle of Santa Cruz Islands|Battle of Santa Cruz]]
* [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]]
*
[[Korean War]]
|awards=[[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Bronze Star Medal]] (W/[["V" Device]]) <br />[[File:Purple Heart ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Purple Heart]]
|laterwork=
}}
'''Calvin Leon Graham''' (April 3, 1930 – November 6, 1992) was the youngest [[United States military|U.S. serviceman]] to serve and fight during [[World War II]] and was one of the few known [[Children in the military|child soldiers]] to fight on behalf of the [[United States]] in the conflict.<ref name=scripps>{{cite news|last=Fontaine|first=Scott|title=Meet the youngest surviving WWII veteran|url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/38026|newspaper=Scripps News|date=November 18, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113190843/http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/38026|archivedate=November 13, 2011}}</ref> Following the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] from [[Houston, Texas]] on August 15, 1942, at the age of 12.<ref name=VUMS>[http://www.oldvums.org/index.html Veterans of Underage Military Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140605/http://www.oldvums.org/index.html |date=2018-06-12 }}. Retrieved November 13, 2014.</ref>  His case was similar to that of [[Jack W. Hill]], who was granted significant media attention due to holding [[Service number (United States Marine Corps)|service number]] one million during World War II, but later was discovered to have lied about his age and subsequently discharged.