United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Dayton William Ragland served in the U.S. Air Force. Dayton served with the 497 TFS. Dayton served in the Vietnam War. Dayton was 38 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115: Pilot, Tactical Aircraft, (various)
KANSAS CITY, MO
1973
Pay grade O06. DCAS record DCAS-VN-042138.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Dayton William Ragland
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1973
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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