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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel Dayton William Ragland, United States Air Force, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with the 497th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, in Southeast Asia.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

    Regiment:

    4th Fighter-Interceptor Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    November 28, 1951 – September 2, 1953

    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.