World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John F. Ratliff
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Buchanan County, Virginia
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 320TH SQUADRON (MOBY DICK), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE. MEMBER OF DAYTON S. ALTMAN CREW. THE PLANE 'LITTLE EVA' WAS SHOT DOWN BY JAPANESE FIGHTERS ON JANUARY 9, 1943. AWARDED AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.