Ragland, Dester R.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: RAGL.D001
• _FGRAVE: 142483691
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Company C, 716th Railway Operations Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on November 30, 1943 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Transportation Corps because of his civilian occupation as Railway Switchman, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupatioonal specialty of Railway Conductor (058). Departed the Continental U.S. on August 11, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and fought with Company C, 716th Railway Operations Battalion in the Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Meritorious Unit Award, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars, and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorable discharged as a Private First Class on November 27, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2125336

Buried:
Plot: Live Oak

Family/Spouse: ?, Tressie. Tressie was born in 1911 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]