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GLENN THOMAS RIDLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – April 19, 1970
Service recordGlenn Thomas Ridley, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 25
- RICHARD LEE MCMINNSergeant · April 19, 1970
- JERRY LEROY RISINGERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LEE FREYStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- JAMES DALE JARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.