[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 178 (Friday, October 8, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1075-E1076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF CPL. RALPH SARRATT BOUGHMAN

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 8, 2021

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the life and 
service of Cpl. Ralph Sarratt Boughman. Ralph was born on April 19, 
1929, and passed away on December 2, 1950. He grew up on the family 
farm one of ten children born to J.Q. and Grace Laxton Boughman near 
Santuc, South Carolina. As a young man he helped with chores around the 
farm. In his spare time, he roamed those 180 acres hunting, fishing, 
and enjoying nature.
  On August 10, 1948, he joined the U.S. Army. He was 19 years old when 
he was inducted at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina and was 
stationed there from August 16, 1948, through November 2, 1948, taking 
basic training. Boughman was stationed in Japan for around a year and 
then was transferred to Korea.
  Boughman was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry 
Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. During the Korean War he was reported 
missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy 
forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, 
his remains could not be recovered. He was presumed dead on Dec. 21,

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1953. He received the Purple Heart, the Army of Occupation Medal with 
Japan clasp, the Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars 
and the Presidential Unit Citation with one Gold Star-Navy.
  On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Donald Trump 
and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, North Korea 
turned over 55 boxes, believed to contain the remains of American 
service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on August 1, 2018, and were 
subsequently sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification. Boughman's 
remains were accounted for on April 20, 2020. His late mother's prayers 
for the next twenty-five years of her life was to ask God to ``bring 
Ralph home with the other boys.'' Ralph's sister, Pansy Bourne, who 
turned 90 on September 29, 2021 continued those prayers until he came 
home.
  Madam Speaker, Cpl. Ralph Sarratt Boughman, faithfully served his 
country and is finally home in his resting place in Union, South 
Carolina as of May 11, 2020. I proudly honor his legacy and service.

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