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CLYDE MOSES RIDGWAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – November 15, 1966
Service recordClyde Moses Ridgway, of Rosamond, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 76
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Rosamond, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 76
- TED WANE ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS SHAWSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 74
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 76
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 76
From Rosamond
- JOHNNY EARL TIVISCorporal · January 30, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.