Name:
Lionel L. Ridgeway
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
519th Port Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-10
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
D
Row:
12
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Lionel L. Ridgeway was born in 1925 in Illinois. He was the son of Elzo Lee Ridgeway and Mary E. Arnold Ridgeway. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 519th Port Battalion. He died on June 10, 1944 and is now buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.