Matthew Ridgway
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United States Army general (1895–1993)
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Matthew Ridgway is indexed among the 246 entries in Vinony's Congressional Gold Medal collection. It also appears in Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Within Vinony's link graph, Matthew Ridgway is referenced by 528 other articles, and connects out to Joseph Lawton Collins, United States Southern Command and Military star ranking.
It sits within the topics 1895 births, 1993 deaths and 20th-century American Episcopalians.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hampton
- Place of death
- Allegheny County
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Educated at
- United States Army War College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- World War I
- Field of work
- military affairs
- Conflict
- Operation Varsity
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Matthew B. Ridgway.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1895-03-03
- date of death
- 1993-07-26
- Commons gallery
- Matthew Ridgway
- Commons category
- Matthew B. Ridgway
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 82nd Airborne Division
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1913-00-00
- name in native language
- Matthew Bunker Ridgway
- end of work period
- 1955-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P12749
- Lupinus luteus
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