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NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEY
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
February 3, 1950 – January 8, 1969
Service recordNorman Franklin Ridley, of Metlakatla, Alaska, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Metlakatla, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · January 8, 1969
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · January 8, 1969
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1969
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.