Benjamin Franklin Bristow
Kentucky Post, Monday, 17 July 1950, page 3
LIFE SAVING-While 216 residents of the county are taking Red Cross Water Safety instruction, Cpl. Benny Bristow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bristow, of 111 Washington avenue, Newport, recently completed his course while on duty at Tokyo, Japan, with the US Army Fifth Cavalry Regiment.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 24 August 1950, page 1
KOREAN ACTION-Pfc. Benjamin (Bennie) Bristow, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bristow, 111 Washington avenue, Newport, was killed in action July 30 with the American forces in Korea, his parents were advised Thursday by the War Department. Pfc. Bristow was attached to the Fifth Cavalry Division.
It was just Wednesday Pfc. Bristow’s letter, dated July 20 from Korea, was received by his mother. “Don’t worry about me mom. Everything is all right and we are doing fine.” Pfc. Bristow enlisted in July 1948 and had been on overseas duty for more than a year and a half. Earlier in the week, Dave Taylor, Cincinnati, one of Pfc. Bristow’s soldier buddies, called upon Mr. and Mrs. Bristow to tell them of conditions in Korea and talk about her son.
Besides his parents, Pfc. Bristow leaves four sisters, Juanita, Florence, Barbara and Sheila. His father is an employee of the National Bag & Tag Co. Newport.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 16 April 1951, page 1
HERO RETURNED-A 19 year old Newport soldier was among 97 Americans killed in Korean fighting, whose bodies recently returned to the United States aboard the USS Alfred Victory, the Department of defense has announced. PFC Benjamin Bristow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bristow, 111 Washington avenue, Newport, was killed in action July 30 . His body will be escorted soon from the point of embarkation, San Francisco, Cal. The Betz Funeral home will be in charge of local arrangements.
PFC Bristow, who had enlisted in July 1948, had served overseas more than 18 months. He was honored late in August by a resolution passed by Newport city commissioners. In expressing to his parents and honoring the first casualty from Newport in the Korean conflict, the resolution gave token expressions to all Newport resident who are now with the armed forces in Korea.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 27 April 1951, page 1
MILITARY HONORS-A military escort will arrive Saturday in Newport with the
body of PFC Benjamin F Bristow, first northern Kentucky soldier killed in the
Korean fighting. Members of the James Wallace Costigan Post, Newport, American
Legion, will give military honors at the service. The body will lie in state
from 2 to 9 pm Sunday at the Betz Funeral home, Newport. Services will be held
at 2 pm Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery,
Southgate.
Private Bristow joined the Army in July 1948, and had served 18 months overseas at the time he was killed. He had been employed at Hyde Park Clothes Inc. Newport, prior to entering service. Besides his parents, the soldier leaves four sisters; Mrs. Juanita Mulchay of Newport; Mrs. Florence Richey of Cincinnati and Miss Barbara and Shelia Kay Bristow, both at home.