35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Ralph Edward Dennison    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Fox Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Ralph Edward Dennison, RA12030625, who died in the service of his country on May 21st, 1951 in South Korea, Hill 329 north of Seoul. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Ralph was 37 years of age. He was from Oneida, New York. Ralph's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PFC Ralph Edward Dennison include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private First Class Dennison was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 21, 1951. Private First Class Dennison was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal, the European Theater of Operations Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.

BURIAL LOCATION:GROVE CEMETERY, VERONA, NY