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WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGIN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 17, 1939 – August 20, 1964
Service recordWilliam David Howsa Ragin, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 62
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- ALAN BATES HARRIMANCaptain · August 15, 1964
- JAMES MICHAEL COYLECaptain · August 20, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL COYLECaptain · Panel 1E, Line 62
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · Panel 1E, Line 62
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 62
From Palatka
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.