Duran Ratliff served in the U.S. Army for 1 year and 3 months. Duran served during the years of World War II.
Deputy Sheriff Duran Ratliff was shot and killed after stopping a Clintwood police officer after receiving reports that the officer was driving drunk while in uniform. The officer was pulled over by Deputy Ratliff on McClure Avenue. As the two men spoke while standing outside of their vehicles, another deputy pulled up and exited his patrol car with a gun drawn. Shooting ensued in which Deputy Ratliff and the Clintwood officer were both shot and killed. Deputy Ratliff's third cousin, Officer J. Wesley Moore, was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 27th, 1944, while serving with the Clendenin Police Department, West Virginia. Deputy Ratliff was a WWII U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Dickenson County Sheriff's Office for two years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Ratliff gave the Dickenson County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Clintwood community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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