WWI

William Jefferson Ragan

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
May 29 1896

Date of Death
April 1972

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
June 22 1918 - May 26 1919

Conflicts & Campaigns

American Expeditionary Forces
August 26, 1918 - May 17, 1919

Significant Duty Stations

Company F, Replacement and Training Battalion, Camp Gordon, Georgia to August 18, 1918
Personnel Office, 330th Infantry to October 31, 1918
Company I, 132nd Infantry to May 26, 1919

Notes

US Army serial number 34-982-14. Born; Thomasville, Georgia. Inducted; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; RFD #3, Ochlocknee, Georgia. Before induction was employed farming for R. A. Bell, Cairo, Georgia. Was aboard troop ship SS Persic on September 12, 1918 near the Isles of Scilly when it was torpedoed by the German U-boat SM UB-87. The ship did not sink. Despite substantial damage, the ship limped back to port under her own power.