Graham W Eytcheson was born in Bend, Oregon in October of 1941. His father was Clayton Eytcheson. He was raised El Monte, CA and served in the US Air Force from 1959 to 1983. He and Travis J (Hartwell) Eytcheson had four children, all of whom appreciate their privacy and do not wish to be named here just yet. A 40-year smoker, he died of lung cancer in Torrance, CA in 2008.
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...