Ralph Oscar Harvey (1924 - 1957)

Born 14 Jan 1924 in Greenhurst, Ellery, Chautauqua, New York, United States of America

Died 12 Sep 1957 at age 33 in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States of America

Biography

Capt. Ralph Harvey was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Ralph Oscar Harvey, born 14 January 1924 in Greenhurst, Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, son of Hart H. Harvey and Ruth A. Haley Harvey. He died 12 September 1957 near Bastrop, Louisiana^[1] and was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia^[2]

Ralph Oscar Harvey married 7 December 1952 with Jeannine

Capt. Ralph Oscar Harvey, 33 years old, was killed when a B-57 Stratojet bomber crashed and exploded near Bastrop, Louisiana. He enlisted the Airforce in 1943 and served during Word War II in Europe. He was a Second Lieutanant (384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomp Squadron) when he was shot down 16 March 1943 during a mission with the B-17 Flying Fortress “Sissy” to Germany and was made prisoner of war (POW) during 14 months

Sources

1. ↑ Death: Louisiana Deaths 1894-1960
2. ↑ FAG Memorial # 49199672

• American Air Museum in Britian, Ralph Oscar Harvey, Person 176060
• United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945
• Jamestown Post-Journal, 13 September 1957