RIDGWAY, Matthew Bunker  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Ridgway, Matthew Bunker
Date of birth:  March 3rd, 1895 (Fort Monroe/Virginia, United States of America)
Date of death:  July 26th, 1993 (Fox Chapel/Pennsylvania, United States)
Nationality:  American
     
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
 
     
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
Details: Received this second DSC as his first Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.
 
     
MEDAL OF FREEDOM
Awarded on: 1986
Details: Citation:
"Heroes come when they are needed. Great men step forward when courage seems in short supply. WWII was such a time, and there was Ridgway."
 
 
 
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