THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after the passage of so many years.

Never forget.

HOOAH

Dear Col. Dayton Ragland, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Aircraft Pilot. The 43rd anniversary of your status change is soon. You are still MIA. Please come home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Independence Day week. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Be at peace.

I have a bracelet I would love for Col. Dayton W. Ragland's family to have. I have wore this bracelet since 1966, my mother & I both got bracelets in 1966. We have a very long line of military men/women in our family & know the sacrifices they & their familes ALL make to keep us save & free...please help to get this bracelet to the rightful owners. God bless & thank you

Dayton William Ragland
DATE OF BIRTH: December 16, 1927
HOME OF RECORD:
Kansas City, Missouri

Prisoner of War Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Korean War
Service: Air Force
Rank: First Lieutenant
Battalion: 336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Division: Prisoner of War (North Korea)
GENERAL ORDERS:
CITATION:
First Lieutenant Dayton William Ragland, United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 28 November 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 2 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.
See https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/350247