Robert Lee Ridge was born on 21 September 1920 in Whitwell, Tennessee. He was the son of Charles C. Ridge and Josie V. Janeway.
Died non Battle 24 August 1944
Private
113th Engineer Battalion, 38th Division
Pvt Ridge resided at Pierce County in Washington State at the time of his enlistment on 15 August 1942. He is buried at Teague Cemetery, Powells Crossroads, Marion County, Tennessee.
Was killed in New Guinea.
-Submitted by his sister, Nadine Ridge Gudger
The Chattanooga Daily Times, June 27, 1948
The body of Pvt. Robert L. Ridge, 28, who was killed in New Guinea on August 24, 1944, will arrive tomorrow at his home, South Pittsburg, Tenn. Pvt. Ridge, who was in an engineers combat battalion and served two years before his death, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ridge, South Pittsburg,; four sisters, Miss Virginia Ridge, Mrs. Willie Gudger, Mrs. Charles Raulston of South Pittsburg; Mrs. Thelma Barnett, Jasper, Tenn., and a brother Charles Ridge of Jasper. Services with military honors will be held at Jasper Baptist Church. Burial will take place at Teaque Cemetery, Whitwell, Tenn.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 21 September 1920
- Date of death: 24 August 1944
- County: Marion
- Hometown: South Pittsburg
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 113th Engineer Battalion, 38th Division
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Teague Cemetery, Powells Crossroads, Marion County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XV, Top Panel
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