Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Ralph Wilbur "Red" Grimes

BranchAir Force
RankStaff Sergeant
Conflict / EraKorean War
Years of Service1950; 1961 – 1954; 1962
Date of Birth06/11/1928
Date of Death01/26/1991
HometownParis, OH
AwardsBronze Star, Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal,, 19, 67th Fighter-Bomber Sq,, APO 970, Bronze Star Medal, GO 622, Hq 5th AF dtd 14Sep 53, United Nations Service Medal
Burial LocationParis Twp: Oakdale
Monument PaverNo
SourceVeteran data form submitted 12/26/2004 by niece, Lynn Heard; Certificate of Honorable Discharge and DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 8, p. 106,107, Vol. 14, p. 165 | Ancestry - Newspapers.com - Tampa Bay Times Obit

Overseas service: Puson, Korea. School: Marysville High School. received Bronze Star for helping a pilot out of a burning plane; Aircraft Mechanic on F-86 Saber Jets named his side of the plane "Mighty Mike" for his firstborn son who was 2 months old when Red was sent to Korea

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument