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WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 11, 1949 – August 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francis Ridge, of Gloucester, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Gloucester, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 108
- ROY DEWAYNE MCLENNANSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- JESUS DIEZ NIETO JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- GARY ALAN OHMANSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL ORTIZLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EDWARD FARANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 106
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 110
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 110
From Gloucester
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
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.