OUR NEIGHBORS in the SERVICE.
Oto, Iowa—Private Jess L. Benton, Jr. and Private Ralph H. Benton, only sons of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Benton, Sr. of Oto, are in service. Jess is at the front in Africa and has been approved for officer candidate school. Ralph is in the army air corps at Kearns Field, Utah.
Source: Sioux City Journal, April 22, 1943
Ralph Herbert Benton was born Feb. 15, 1925 to Jesse Leo and Bernice E. Green Benton. He died Dec. 13, 2002 and is buried in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL.
Sgt. Benton served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
