Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Bailey Bertrawn Ragsdale

Full Name: Bailey Bertrawn Ragsdale
Birth date: August 10, 1908
Death date: June 3, 1944

49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 222, 5/3/1945, pp. 1963-1964. Resolutions - Memorial .
"With the high ideals of patriotism and courage that was characteristic of him, Lieutenant Ragsdale was one of the first to volunteer in the defense of his country, receiving his training first at Camp Wolters at Mineral Wells, Texas, and completing it at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1943 . . . He served overseas in 1944 with the First Division and for bravery in action was awarded the Purple Heart, the Presidential Citation and Certificate of Honor." 49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 222, 5/3/1945, pp. 1963-1964. Resolutions - Memorial .

Bailey Bertrawn Ragsdale, birth date 8/10/1908 in Denison, Texas, residence in Austin, Travis County in 1940, employer: State Representative, draft registration in Austin 10/16/1940. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. Ancestry.com .
Bailey B. Ragsdale, enlistment 8/15/1942 at Fort Sam Houston, born 1908 in Texas. FamilySearch . United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War II. Killed in action June 3, 1944. Military service information on memorial in Augusta Cemetery in Augusta, Texas. Bailey B. Ragsdale, birth date 8/10/1908 in Denison, Grayson County; death date 6/3/1944 in Italy; photos including memorial in Augusta Cemetery in Augusta, Texas; burial in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Lazio, Italy. Find a Grave .