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Submitted: 8/15/21 • Approved: 8/16/21 • Last Updated: 8/19/21 • R447343-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE Military Police Detachment 1889 Small Combat Unit
World War II
October 27, 1925-March 3, 1964
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Borger News Herald - March 4, 1964
Last rites for Edward Huffer Ralston, 38, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Perryton Tuesday morning, are scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday in Ed Brown's Chapel of the Fountains at Borger. The Rev. James G. Glenn, minister of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate and interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery at Borger.
Ralston was a World War II veteran and was a prisoner of war for three months in Germany.
Survivors include his father, E.A. Ralston, Oklahoma City, Okla., a former Borger resident; a daughter, Mrs. C. E. Alexander, Borger, and a son Edward Gale Ralston. Houston.
Pallbearers for last rites will be Travis Davis, D.O. Davis, Milo Walker, Billy Haines, W.M. Stom Jr. and James Brady.
Contributed on 8/15/21
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