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James Maurice Ragain

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James Maurice Ragain Veteran

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
11 Jul 1953 (aged 31)
Wake Island, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Burial
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA Add to Map
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FUNERAL RITES FOR PLANE CRASH VICTIM SLATED WEDNESDAY

Graveside services for James M. Ragain, killed in an airplane crash on July 11, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery. Interment will follow with Stephens & Bobbitt Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Ragain was one of 58 persons killed in the airliner crash near Wake Island. His body arrived Sunday in San Bernardino.

Ragain, 31, was a civilian employee on Guam and was returning home to see his one-month old daughter, Rebecca, when he died.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marjery Ragain of 1019 E. Union St., and three daughters, Vienna, 6, Victoria, 5, and Rebecca.

He was a resident of San Bernardino for four years and had worked a year for the Southern California Edison Company in the city.

From The San Bernardino newspaper, July 28, 1953
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FUNERAL RITES FOR PLANE CRASH VICTIM SLATED WEDNESDAY

Graveside services for James M. Ragain, killed in an airplane crash on July 11, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery. Interment will follow with Stephens & Bobbitt Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Ragain was one of 58 persons killed in the airliner crash near Wake Island. His body arrived Sunday in San Bernardino.

Ragain, 31, was a civilian employee on Guam and was returning home to see his one-month old daughter, Rebecca, when he died.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marjery Ragain of 1019 E. Union St., and three daughters, Vienna, 6, Victoria, 5, and Rebecca.

He was a resident of San Bernardino for four years and had worked a year for the Southern California Edison Company in the city.

From The San Bernardino newspaper, July 28, 1953
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