William Alexander Ratliff

Private, 1565477, Company F, 18th Infantry, 1st Division

Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services:.....William A. Ratliff, private, Company F, 18th Infantry......By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen O. Fuqua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: R. E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A. G. D., Division Adjutant.

Record: Born March 10, 1899, Martinsville; son of William C. and Eva Ratliff. Barber, Martinsville. Enlisted April 14, 1917, Martinsville. Training: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Assigned to Company K, 1st Infantry, Indiana National Guard, re-designated Company K, 151st Infantry; transferred to Headquarters Company, 162d Infantry; to Company F, 18th Infantry. Overseas June 11, 1918. Battle: Soissons. Wounded July 18, 1918, Soissons; died October 10, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Married Minnie Anderson. Son, John William.