Son of Benjamin & Nancy Earls Bristow.
PFC Bristow was a member of 5th Cav Regt (Inf)-1st Cav Div, U.S. Army
PFC Benjamin Bristow was killed in action on August 17, 1950 in South Korea.
MILITARY RITES SET MONDAY FOR NEWPORT GI, FIRST OF AREA'S WAR DEAD RETURNED
PFC. Benjamin F. Bristow Jr., first of the Greater Cincinnati Korean war dead to be brought home, will be buried Monday with a military funeral in Evergreen cemetery, Southgate.
Pfc. Bristow, 19, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport, fell in action on July 20. He was one of the first soldiers from this area to be killed.
He had been in service since July of 1948, and had been overseas for 18 months. Before joining the Army, he worked at Hyde Park Clothes, Inc.
The body will lie at the Betz funeral home, Newport, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Services will be at 2 p.m. the following day. The James Wallace Costigan Post, American Legion, will provide the military honor guard.
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Cincinnati Post April 27, 1951 Pg. 1-001
BEN COMES HOME
KY. Soldier Killed While Shielding Buddy
By Josiah Cornell
The honor guard stood stiffly bright and blue in the sunlight against the grimy background of the Newport railroad station.
Pfc Benjamin F. Bristow Jr. had come home.
Family members wept, very quietly, as the command of "Present arms" rang out and the flag-draped casket was lowered from the train.
They had borne up well under the waiting, but nobody had quite been able to prepare them for the final moment.
BEN'S AUNT, Mrs. Eva Bristow, told how it was. "He was all boy," she said. "Just a boy. One of his war buddies came and told us he died trying to shield another boy with his body."
"He liked boxing and baseball best," said his brother-in-law, Donald Ritchie.
"You want to see Ben?" aske his sister, Mrs. Florence Ritchie. "There he is. He looked exactly like that when he was small."
She pointed to her son, Norman Ray, 4, playing at driving at the wheel of the family auto. A smiling, healthy little boy, with blond hair and mischief in his big brown eyes.
Another sister, Mrs. Juanita Mulcahy, pointed to a small pretty girl. "There's the one he worried about," she said. That was Ben's little sister, Sheila Kay, 8, who cannot hear or talk.
"Mother and Dad just couldn't come," Mrs. Mulcahy said. "They couldn't stand it."
Ben Bristow, 20, fell in Korea last July 20. He was one of the first from this area to be killed. He was the first to come home. Another, Pfc Powell Crosley IV, who died in October, arrived this week in San Francisco for burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Ben was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport.
The American Legion honor guard from James Wallace Costigan Post snapped to attention for him. It felt a personal interest, Jacob Swope, Kentucky commander of the Legion, said "His Daddy and I have been friends since school days." Monday, the same post will sound taps for Ben at Evergreen Cemetery.
Cincinnati Post April 28, 1951 Pg. 1-001
PFC Bristow was a member of 5th Cav Regt (Inf)-1st Cav Div, U.S. Army
PFC Benjamin Bristow was killed in action on August 17, 1950 in South Korea.
MILITARY RITES SET MONDAY FOR NEWPORT GI, FIRST OF AREA'S WAR DEAD RETURNED
PFC. Benjamin F. Bristow Jr., first of the Greater Cincinnati Korean war dead to be brought home, will be buried Monday with a military funeral in Evergreen cemetery, Southgate.
Pfc. Bristow, 19, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport, fell in action on July 20. He was one of the first soldiers from this area to be killed.
He had been in service since July of 1948, and had been overseas for 18 months. Before joining the Army, he worked at Hyde Park Clothes, Inc.
The body will lie at the Betz funeral home, Newport, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Services will be at 2 p.m. the following day. The James Wallace Costigan Post, American Legion, will provide the military honor guard.
[...]
Cincinnati Post April 27, 1951 Pg. 1-001
BEN COMES HOME
KY. Soldier Killed While Shielding Buddy
By Josiah Cornell
The honor guard stood stiffly bright and blue in the sunlight against the grimy background of the Newport railroad station.
Pfc Benjamin F. Bristow Jr. had come home.
Family members wept, very quietly, as the command of "Present arms" rang out and the flag-draped casket was lowered from the train.
They had borne up well under the waiting, but nobody had quite been able to prepare them for the final moment.
BEN'S AUNT, Mrs. Eva Bristow, told how it was. "He was all boy," she said. "Just a boy. One of his war buddies came and told us he died trying to shield another boy with his body."
"He liked boxing and baseball best," said his brother-in-law, Donald Ritchie.
"You want to see Ben?" aske his sister, Mrs. Florence Ritchie. "There he is. He looked exactly like that when he was small."
She pointed to her son, Norman Ray, 4, playing at driving at the wheel of the family auto. A smiling, healthy little boy, with blond hair and mischief in his big brown eyes.
Another sister, Mrs. Juanita Mulcahy, pointed to a small pretty girl. "There's the one he worried about," she said. That was Ben's little sister, Sheila Kay, 8, who cannot hear or talk.
"Mother and Dad just couldn't come," Mrs. Mulcahy said. "They couldn't stand it."
Ben Bristow, 20, fell in Korea last July 20. He was one of the first from this area to be killed. He was the first to come home. Another, Pfc Powell Crosley IV, who died in October, arrived this week in San Francisco for burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Ben was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport.
The American Legion honor guard from James Wallace Costigan Post snapped to attention for him. It felt a personal interest, Jacob Swope, Kentucky commander of the Legion, said "His Daddy and I have been friends since school days." Monday, the same post will sound taps for Ben at Evergreen Cemetery.
Cincinnati Post April 28, 1951 Pg. 1-001
Son of Benjamin & Nancy Earls Bristow.
PFC Bristow was a member of 5th Cav Regt (Inf)-1st Cav Div, U.S. Army
PFC Benjamin Bristow was killed in action on August 17, 1950 in South Korea.
MILITARY RITES SET MONDAY FOR NEWPORT GI, FIRST OF AREA'S WAR DEAD RETURNED
PFC. Benjamin F. Bristow Jr., first of the Greater Cincinnati Korean war dead to be brought home, will be buried Monday with a military funeral in Evergreen cemetery, Southgate.
Pfc. Bristow, 19, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport, fell in action on July 20. He was one of the first soldiers from this area to be killed.
He had been in service since July of 1948, and had been overseas for 18 months. Before joining the Army, he worked at Hyde Park Clothes, Inc.
The body will lie at the Betz funeral home, Newport, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Services will be at 2 p.m. the following day. The James Wallace Costigan Post, American Legion, will provide the military honor guard.
[...]
Cincinnati Post April 27, 1951 Pg. 1-001
BEN COMES HOME
KY. Soldier Killed While Shielding Buddy
By Josiah Cornell
The honor guard stood stiffly bright and blue in the sunlight against the grimy background of the Newport railroad station.
Pfc Benjamin F. Bristow Jr. had come home.
Family members wept, very quietly, as the command of "Present arms" rang out and the flag-draped casket was lowered from the train.
They had borne up well under the waiting, but nobody had quite been able to prepare them for the final moment.
BEN'S AUNT, Mrs. Eva Bristow, told how it was. "He was all boy," she said. "Just a boy. One of his war buddies came and told us he died trying to shield another boy with his body."
"He liked boxing and baseball best," said his brother-in-law, Donald Ritchie.
"You want to see Ben?" aske his sister, Mrs. Florence Ritchie. "There he is. He looked exactly like that when he was small."
She pointed to her son, Norman Ray, 4, playing at driving at the wheel of the family auto. A smiling, healthy little boy, with blond hair and mischief in his big brown eyes.
Another sister, Mrs. Juanita Mulcahy, pointed to a small pretty girl. "There's the one he worried about," she said. That was Ben's little sister, Sheila Kay, 8, who cannot hear or talk.
"Mother and Dad just couldn't come," Mrs. Mulcahy said. "They couldn't stand it."
Ben Bristow, 20, fell in Korea last July 20. He was one of the first from this area to be killed. He was the first to come home. Another, Pfc Powell Crosley IV, who died in October, arrived this week in San Francisco for burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Ben was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport.
The American Legion honor guard from James Wallace Costigan Post snapped to attention for him. It felt a personal interest, Jacob Swope, Kentucky commander of the Legion, said "His Daddy and I have been friends since school days." Monday, the same post will sound taps for Ben at Evergreen Cemetery.
Cincinnati Post April 28, 1951 Pg. 1-001
PFC Bristow was a member of 5th Cav Regt (Inf)-1st Cav Div, U.S. Army
PFC Benjamin Bristow was killed in action on August 17, 1950 in South Korea.
MILITARY RITES SET MONDAY FOR NEWPORT GI, FIRST OF AREA'S WAR DEAD RETURNED
PFC. Benjamin F. Bristow Jr., first of the Greater Cincinnati Korean war dead to be brought home, will be buried Monday with a military funeral in Evergreen cemetery, Southgate.
Pfc. Bristow, 19, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport, fell in action on July 20. He was one of the first soldiers from this area to be killed.
He had been in service since July of 1948, and had been overseas for 18 months. Before joining the Army, he worked at Hyde Park Clothes, Inc.
The body will lie at the Betz funeral home, Newport, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Services will be at 2 p.m. the following day. The James Wallace Costigan Post, American Legion, will provide the military honor guard.
[...]
Cincinnati Post April 27, 1951 Pg. 1-001
BEN COMES HOME
KY. Soldier Killed While Shielding Buddy
By Josiah Cornell
The honor guard stood stiffly bright and blue in the sunlight against the grimy background of the Newport railroad station.
Pfc Benjamin F. Bristow Jr. had come home.
Family members wept, very quietly, as the command of "Present arms" rang out and the flag-draped casket was lowered from the train.
They had borne up well under the waiting, but nobody had quite been able to prepare them for the final moment.
BEN'S AUNT, Mrs. Eva Bristow, told how it was. "He was all boy," she said. "Just a boy. One of his war buddies came and told us he died trying to shield another boy with his body."
"He liked boxing and baseball best," said his brother-in-law, Donald Ritchie.
"You want to see Ben?" aske his sister, Mrs. Florence Ritchie. "There he is. He looked exactly like that when he was small."
She pointed to her son, Norman Ray, 4, playing at driving at the wheel of the family auto. A smiling, healthy little boy, with blond hair and mischief in his big brown eyes.
Another sister, Mrs. Juanita Mulcahy, pointed to a small pretty girl. "There's the one he worried about," she said. That was Ben's little sister, Sheila Kay, 8, who cannot hear or talk.
"Mother and Dad just couldn't come," Mrs. Mulcahy said. "They couldn't stand it."
Ben Bristow, 20, fell in Korea last July 20. He was one of the first from this area to be killed. He was the first to come home. Another, Pfc Powell Crosley IV, who died in October, arrived this week in San Francisco for burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Ben was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bristow Sr., of 201 Columbia street, Newport.
The American Legion honor guard from James Wallace Costigan Post snapped to attention for him. It felt a personal interest, Jacob Swope, Kentucky commander of the Legion, said "His Daddy and I have been friends since school days." Monday, the same post will sound taps for Ben at Evergreen Cemetery.
Cincinnati Post April 28, 1951 Pg. 1-001
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