North High School Wall of Honor Ruth Delores Raines Class of June, 1948
Ruth Delores Raines graduated in the June, 1948 class. Her next-of-kin is listed as Paul R. Raines, 3300 5th Street, Des Moines, IA. Ruth Delores Raines's service number was L1010875. http://ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1948(2008.60).html After graduating from college, Ruth taught elementary school for several years before she joined the U.S. Women's Army Corps. During her eleven yers in the military, she served as Company Commander; Procurement, Publicity, and Operations Officer, Personnel Services Office; and instructor of basic trainees and officer courses. When she left the military in 1967, she had attained the rank of Major and had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal. After retiring from the Army, she earned a Master's Degree in Education and obtained a teaching position in San Francisco where she taught middle school for over twenty years. She was awarded The Valley Forge Teacher's Medal. While teaching in California, Ruth joined the U.S. Army Reserves and was awarded the USAR Meritorious Service Medal, retiring from the Reserves at the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Ruth Delores Raines Second US Army Recruiting District Commander's Conference; Fort George G. Meade, MD; May 9, 1961 (U.S. Army Photograph)
Ruth Delores Raines Year x Rank/Event x Status June, 1948 x Graduation x North High School 6/25/56 - 08/16/56 x US Army Reserve Commission x Not on active duty; S# L1010875. 08/17/56 x Basic Training x USATC WAC Center Ft. McClellan, AL 02/01/57 x Instructor x HQ Co., WAC Training Battalion, USWACC, Ft. McClellan, AL 12/16/57 x Company Commander x Battalion Mess Officer, HQ Co. WTB, USWACC, Ft. McClellan, AL 12/10/58 x Office of Commanding Officer x HQ Co. WTB, Ft. McClellan, AL 02/17/58 x US Army/1st Lt. x Promotion 01/12/59 x x x Recruiting and Publicity Officer, Recruiting Main Station, Cleveland, OH 09/08/59 x US Army/ Regular Army/2nd Lt. x Rank to 08/17/56?, S# L573 04/29/60 x US Army/ Regular Army/1st Lt. x Rank to 08/17/59. 12/22/60 x x x Recruiting, Publicity, Asst. Operations Officer, 2nd Recruiting District, Ft. Meade, MD 08/28/61 x US Army/Captain x Promotion; Rank to 08/28/61. 10/01/62 x x x Chief, Recruiting Publicity Section, HQ US Continental Army Command, Ft. Monroe, VA 08/17/63 x Captain x Captain, Regular Army; Rank to 08/17/63. 12/22/63 x x x Awarded Army Commendation Medal 01/06/64 x x x WAC Officer Career Course, Officer Trng. Detachment,USWACC, Ft. McClellan, AL 07/24/64 x x x Personnel Services Officer, HQ USARYIS; Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 11/30/65 x x x Awarded Army Commendation Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster 12/29/65 x x x Instructor, Basic Trng., Junior and Senior Career Officer Courses; USWACS,USWACC,Ft. McClellan, AL 03/14/66 x Tendered Resignation x Retained until 07/31/67. 04/28/66 x US Army/Major x Promotion. Rank to 04/28/66. 07/31/67 x Honorable Discharge x x 08/11/67 x x x Awarded Army Commendation Medal, Second Oak Leaf Cluster 01/22/71 x US Army Reserves x Reserve Commissioned Officer, Major, Sixth Army Area, San Francisco, CA 05/75 x Graduate x Command and General Staff College 01/21/78 x USAR/Lt. Colonel x Promotion. USAR, HQ Sixth Army, Presidio, San Francisco, CA 01/20/82 x Retired Reserve x Adjutant Generals' Corp., USAR 01/20/82 x x x Awarded Meritorious Service Medal Education and Teaching Record 1948-49 x Grand View College; one year 1949-50 x Iowa State Teachers College; one year 1950-51 x Taught elementary school; Knoxville, IA; one year 1951-53 x Graduate, Drake University; BA in Education 1953-54 x Taught elementary school at Stowe in Des Moines; one year. 1954-56 x Taught elementary school at Oak Park in Des Moines; two years. 1968-70 x Master of Arts in Education at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1970-89 x Taught middle school at Starr King and Luther Burbank in San Francisco, CA. 1972 x Awarded Valley Forge Teachers Medal from Freedoms Foundation 07/07/94 x
Fort Meade, MD (U.S. Army Photograph) Del and her "Brown"
Ruth Delores Raines Lt. Colonel, USAR 2nd Army, 3rd Army, 6th Army U.S. Army Recruiting Service " 2nd Army 3rd Army 6th Army Army Commendation Medal w/two Oak Leaf Clusters Valley Forge Teachers Medal; Freedom Foundation Army Reserves Meritorious Service Army Ground Forces US Recruiting Service Ryukyu Islands
References (1) The World War II Army Enlistment Records contain information on more than nine million indivdual enlistments. These records can be found online at http://www.archives.gov/. (2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of all North High School graduates can be found online at http://www.ndmhs.com/. Ruth Delores Raines's 1948 class page can be viewed at http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1948(2008.60).html.
Deceased: July 27, 1994. Delores is buried in the Masonic/Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, IA.
Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings"
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