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WILLIAM ALBERT RIDENOUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam Albert Ridenour, of St Helens, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 21
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
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- St Helens, Oregon (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 21
- LARRY EUGENE RICHARDSONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE RONDOCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE ROSESpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JUAN OSCAR SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1968
From St Helens
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- TERRY LEWIS GUMPSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.