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FELIX DENNIS RIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – December 8, 1968
Service recordFelix Dennis Ridge, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 69
- EARNEST LANE REYNOLDSLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- LARRY GORDON SANDNESLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JACK DOHN SCHAFFNERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES LENET SMITHSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 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.