Individual Details
Lt. J. G. Ralph Cross
(17 Feb 1928 - 14 Jun 1952)
LT. JG. RALPH CROSS, 24, was killed 14 June 1952 in action in Korea. He was born 17 Feb 1928 in Soda, a son of Daniel & Louise Ivory Cross. His father died 26 May 1940. Services [memorial] were held 21 Sept 1952. His body was never recovered. Survivors: his mother & stepfather, Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Hayward, five sisters, Mrs. Leo Pasco, Mrs. Clyde Caress, Mrs. Van Holden, Mrs. Walter Moore, Mrs. Ada Williams, two brothers, William, & Ted Cross and grandmother Mrs. Anna Ivory, Nabor, Ia.
CROSS RALPH NAVY JUNE 14, 1952 KOREAN WAR
IDAHO DNA OBTAINED
Events
| Birth | 17 Feb 1928 | Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 25 Apr 1930 | (Daniel Cross and Louise Ivory) Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 20 Apr 1940 | (Daniel Cross and Louise Ivory) Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho | | | |
| Death | 14 Jun 1952 | South Korea | |||
| Burial | Fairview Cemetery, Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho | | |
Families
| Father | Daniel Cross (1889 - 1940) |
| Mother | Louise Ivory (1902 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Catherine Cross (1915 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Florence Marie Cross (1916 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Dorothy June Cross (1918 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Ethel Gertrude Cross (1919 - 1979) |
| Sibling | William Daniel Cross Jr. (1921 - 1989) |
| Sibling | John Edward "Ted" Cross (1923 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Ada Louise Cross (1926 - 2005) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Daniel Cross Head M 40 England - Farmer, dry farmLouise Cross Wife F 29 Iowa
Katherine Cross Daughter F 14 Idaho
Florence Cross Daughter F 12 Idaho
June Cross Daughter F 10 Idaho
Ethil Cross Daughter F 10 Idaho
Daniel Cross Jr. Son M 9 Idah
John Edward Cross Son M 7 Idaho
Ada Cross Daughter F 4 Idaho
Ralph Cross Son M 2 Idaho
Census (family)-shared
Don Cross Head M 50 England - PlumberLouise Cross Wife F 38 Iowa
Bill Cross Son M 19 Idaho - Sheep herder, ranching
Ted Cross Son M 16 Idaho
Ada Cross Daughter F 14 Idaho
Ralph CrossSon M 12 Idaho
Burial
Plot: 5-B/14 (memorial only, body was never recovered)Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHD5-FXL : accessed 4 December 2016), Daniel Cross Jr. in household of Daniel Cross, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 3B, line 60, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 399; FHL microfilm 2,340,134..
2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY4V-NGH : accessed 4 December 2016), Bill Cross in household of Don Cross, Soda Springs, Soda Springs Election Precinct, Caribou, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-7, sheet 8B, line 76, family 194, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 744..
3. Find A Grave Memorial# 26519367.