[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 202 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





  IN REMEMBRANCE OF RALPH WILLIAM HALL, DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND 
 WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 21, 2018

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is my sad duty to inform the House 
that Ralph William Hall, a distinguished military officer and World War 
II veteran, passed away on December 18, 2018, in Washington, D.C. He 
was 99 years old.
  Born January 25, 1919 in Metcalf, Georgia, the oldest of five 
siblings born to Adam and Maggie Hall.
  Ralph William Hall attended Johnson C. Smith University from which he 
graduated in 1941. While a student there, Ralph William Hall pledged in 
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and was inducted into Rho Chapter, an active 
association he maintained for the ensuing 80 years, until entering 
Omega Chapter.
  Mr. Speaker, Ralph William Hall was commissioned a Second Lieutenant 
in the U.S. Army and served heroically in World War II. He was 
subsequently promoted to First Lieutenant and upon his honorable 
discharge from active duty, Ralph William Hall continued his service to 
our nation by working as a civil servant for the U.S. Government.
  Ralph William Hall relocated to Washington D.C. where he was an 
active member of the St. Timothy Episcopal Church, and Southeast 
Washington, D.C.
  Ralph William Hall leaves to cherish his memory two children, Douglas 
and Angela Hall; two grandchildren, Shaune Cannon and Drew Cannon; and 
a host of relatives, friends, and loved ones.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to observe a moment of silence in memory 
of Ralph William Hall, a great American and one of the last members of 
the World War II generation, which is regarded by many historians as 
the ``Greatest Generation.''

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