JAMES GLENN GRAFF OBITUARY
James Glenn Graff, 98, died August 11, 2024. "Jim", a lifelong residence of rural Middletown, Illinois, was born on August 20, 1925 to Wilhelmine (Husterberg) and Glenn W. Graff. Jim was a graduate of Middletown High School then attended Lincoln College until 1944 when he was inducted into the United States Army during World War II. He proudly served in the 35th Division, 134th Infantry Regiment, Company C, and saw action in the Battle of the Bulge, Holland, crossing of the Rhine River, the Ruhr Pocket, then ending at the Elbe River near Berlin. He returned to the U.S. in the Spring of 1945 to Fort Camp Campbell, serving in the 5th Division, and honorably discharged later that same year. Jim was awarded several medals for his bravery and service, including two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart. Jim wrote a book called Reflections Of A Combat Infantryman which is a very personal and real account of his time in the Army.
Jim returned to Logan County and attended th

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