Obituary of Ralph W. Newhouse
Publication: March 11, 1949
Repository: Media: Newspaper Text:

"Sgt. Ralph W. Newhouse, 260 Railroad Avenue, Blairsville, was killed in action on an aerial mission, October 26, 1943, over Salonika, Greece.
Born in Cokeville, March 1, 1922, a son of Harry A. and the late Margaret Eales Newhouse.
Survived by his father, Harry A. Newhouse of Blairsville and his stepmother, Mrs. Hulda Newhouse, sisters, Mrs. Helen Cowan of Cokeville, Miss Florence Newhouse of Cokeville, Mrs. Sarah Wilson of Freedom, Mrs. Violet Iscrupe of Latrobe, grandmother Mrs. Sarah Eales of Cokeville.
He enlisted Jan. 14, 1942 at Greensburg in the Air Corps, U.S. Army and received training at Kessler Field, Miss., Santa Monica, Calif., Columbia, South Carolina, DeRidder Field, La., before he embarked for overseas service. He received an air medal with one silver cluster in recognition of his 30 or more sorties over enemy territory; also received the Purple Heart for military merit and for wounds received in action resulting in his death.
His body was interred in the El Alia Military Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria.
Friends will be received at the Hunter Funeral Home, Blairsville, where funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Elsworth Crispens, pastor of Cokeville Methodist church and Rev. E. A. Stephens, a former pastor, officiating. Interment in Blairsville, cemetery."

Research by 321st BG Historical Team, Barbara Ennis Connolly (Historian) Patti Johnson and John Fitzgerald.

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