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CPL Ralph Bender Jr.

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CPL Ralph Bender Jr. Veteran

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
31 Jul 1951 (aged 20)
North Korea
Burial
Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; October 24, 1955

Ralph Bender Jr. Cpl

(Ralph Jr. was missing in action on December 2, 1950 and was not buried until October 28, 1955.)

Cpl Benders Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Plain-Held Baptist church for Cpl. Ralph Bender, Jr., a former Bancroft resident who was killed in Korea. Burial will follow in the Plainfield cemetery.

The body will arrive in Plainfield Wednesday morning, and friends may call at the Goult funeral home there on Thursday evening. Rev. Asa Hoskins will officiate at the funeral services.

Corporal Bender was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. He was 19 years old at the time. Later, he was reported killed in action.

Born in the town of Pine Grove, he moved with his parents to Sheboygan in 1940. His father, Ralph Bender, Sr., died in October, 1952, and his mother. Mrs. Delia Stewart, resides in Sheboygan. In addition to his father, Cpl. Bender was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters who died in infancy.


Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 24, 1955

Funeral of Cpl. Bender

Rites for Cpl. Ralph Bender, a Korean War casualty whose body was brought recently to Plainfield, were held Friday at the Plainfield Baptist church. Rev. Asa Hoskins officiated and burial took place in the village cemetery.

Pallbearers were members of a regular army unit from Milwaukee. Attending the services from a distance were Cpl. Bender's mother, Mrs. Delia Stewart, Sheboygan; Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Norma Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Delores Bender and Ivan Dorsey, Oshkosh; Mrs. Iva Parkin, Coloma; Eugene Bender Wisconsin Rapids, and others from surrounding communities.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; October 24, 1955

Ralph Bender Jr. Cpl

(Ralph Jr. was missing in action on December 2, 1950 and was not buried until October 28, 1955.)

Cpl Benders Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Plain-Held Baptist church for Cpl. Ralph Bender, Jr., a former Bancroft resident who was killed in Korea. Burial will follow in the Plainfield cemetery.

The body will arrive in Plainfield Wednesday morning, and friends may call at the Goult funeral home there on Thursday evening. Rev. Asa Hoskins will officiate at the funeral services.

Corporal Bender was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. He was 19 years old at the time. Later, he was reported killed in action.

Born in the town of Pine Grove, he moved with his parents to Sheboygan in 1940. His father, Ralph Bender, Sr., died in October, 1952, and his mother. Mrs. Delia Stewart, resides in Sheboygan. In addition to his father, Cpl. Bender was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters who died in infancy.


Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 24, 1955

Funeral of Cpl. Bender

Rites for Cpl. Ralph Bender, a Korean War casualty whose body was brought recently to Plainfield, were held Friday at the Plainfield Baptist church. Rev. Asa Hoskins officiated and burial took place in the village cemetery.

Pallbearers were members of a regular army unit from Milwaukee. Attending the services from a distance were Cpl. Bender's mother, Mrs. Delia Stewart, Sheboygan; Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Norma Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Delores Bender and Ivan Dorsey, Oshkosh; Mrs. Iva Parkin, Coloma; Eugene Bender Wisconsin Rapids, and others from surrounding communities.

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WISCONSIN
CPL CO B 32 INF 7 INF DIV
KOREA



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  • Created by: M. Marolis
  • Added: May 18, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37245211/ralph-bender: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Ralph Bender Jr. (6 Apr 1931–31 Jul 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37245211, citing Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by M. Marolis (contributor 47053619).