Ralph Wrigley Fulton
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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Born |
Erlanger, Kentucky | 7 March 1919 | |
| Georgetown, Kentucky | 16 October 1940 | Lived in the Kappa Alpha house while attending Georgetown College | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Kentucky | 10 July 1941 | |
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Died |
Tunisia | 25 March 1943 | Ralph Wrigley Fulton and his Twin Brother, Bruce Wrigley Fulton, were born on 07 Mar 1919, in Kenton County, Kentucky, the Twin Sons of Blaine and Hannah (nee Wrigley) Fulton. After Graduating from High School and Completing four years of College, Ralph entered the Service, with the U.S. Army Air Corps on 10 July 1941, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He became a Fighter Pilot, Serving with the U. S. Army Air Corps, 12 th Air Force, 81st Fighter Group, 93rd Fighter Squadron, flying P-39 Airacobra Aircraft, and was stationed in the MTO during WW II. Ralph W. Fulton attained the Rank of 1st Lieutenant. On 25 March 1943, Ralph Wrigley Fulton was Killed In Action Over or Near Tunisia, North Africa. The details of the Mission are Not Known at this Time. His remains were brought back to Erlanger, Kenton County, KY, and He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Erlanger, Kenton County, KY. Ralph was survived by his Wife, Joyce (Nee Thomas) Fulton, (Children UNKNOWN), His Parents, Blaine and Hannah Wrigley Fulton, His sisters, Mrs. Edwin C. (Cora Mae Fulton) Gibson; Mrs. Kermit E. (Ruth Virginia Fulton) York; and Mrs. (Anna Lois Fulton) Faulkner; and By His Twin Brother, 1st Lt. Bruce W. Fulton, stationed in the MTO, with the U. S. Army Air Corps, 12th Air Force, 86th Fighter Group, 527th Fighter Squadron. The VFW, Post 6423 in Elsmere, Kenton County Kentucky was Named in Ralph's Honor |
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Buried |
Erlanger, Kentucky | 5 March 1949 | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA Plot Section A |
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