Background
Grahl, Charles Harry Hans was born on September 23, 1894 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry Hans and Louisa Ludawika (Bock) Grahl.
Grahl, Charles Harry Hans was born on September 23, 1894 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry Hans and Louisa Ludawika (Bock) Grahl.
Educational public schools of Iowa. Honorary degree Ames Agricultural College.
Advertising department Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1913-1910. Manager, director advertising, Des Moines Capital, 1920-1921. Assistant cashier Commercial Savings Bank, Des Moines, 1919-1924, Iowa Des Moines National Bank, 1924-1927.
Assistant adjutant general of Iowa, 1927-1932, adjutant general of Iowa, 1932-1950. With Selective Service System, 1940-1960, state director Iowa, 1940-1950. Became regional director Region III, 1950, regional field officer Philadelphia, 1950-1954, assistant chief planning officer, National Headquarters, 1954-1956, assistant to director Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey, 1956-1960.
Enlisted Company B, 3d infantry Iowa National Guard 1924. Overseas with 168th; commissioned major general, Iowa National Guard, 1955. Secretary Iowa Aeronautics Commission, 1934-1943.
Member Adjunct General Association of the United States (secretary 1938, president, 1939-1940, army area vice president, 1946-1947), National Guard Association of the United States (member legislative committee), National Sojourners, Argonne Post American Legion, Rainbow Division Veterans, Reserve Officers Association, Theta Xi. Mason (32 degree), Elk. Clubs: Rotary, Service Men’s, Prairie, Hyperion Field.
Methodist Men (Narbeth, Pennsylvania, Bethesda).
Married Mary Magdaline Phillips, June 12, 1923. Children: Charles Phillips, Robert Louis.