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Ralph Yelton (July 17, 1926 – February 8, 2015), was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. Yelton served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989 as a Democrat from Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was an accountant and in religion, a Baptist. He lived in Kingsport, Tennessee. He was a Korean War veteran, having served with the United States Army's 2nd Infantry Division. Yelton was wounded in 1951, leading to partial paralysis. According to Veteran's Administration records Yelton was the oldest living paralyzed combat veteran in the country. He died in 2015, aged 88.

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1. Susan Starr, Tennessee General Assembly, Legislative Information Services, Rachel Jackson Building, 1st Floor, 320 Sixth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0080. "Tennessee House Representative, 95th General Assembly". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 2014-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. Tennessee. Dept. of State (1985). Tennessee Blue Book. Secretary of State. ISSN 0364-5746. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
3. "Wounded Korean War Veteran honored in Kingsport - TriCities.com: News". tricities.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
4. "Former state Rep. Ralph Yelton dies, age 88". 18 February 2015.

• 1926 births
• 2015 deaths
• People from Bakersville, North Carolina
• People from Kingsport, Tennessee
• Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
• 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly