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Personal info

Full name
RIDSDALE, James Weidman
Date of birth
23 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Oxbow, Jefferson County, New York
Hometown
Oxbow, Jefferson County, New York

Military service

Service number
32847454
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 1

Immediate family

Members
Frank F. Ridsdale (father)
Georgia W. (Weidman) Ridsdale (mother)
Katherine F. Ridsdale (sister)
Irene M. Ridsdale (sister)
Edward W. Ridsdale (brother)
Jane E. Ridsdale (sister)
George F. Ridsdale (brother)

More information

Pfc James W. Ridsdale graduated from Antwerp High School in 1941.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York and was overseas in January 1945.

Pfc James W. Ridsdale is remembered at the New Oxbow Cemetery, Oxbow, Jefferson County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1925 State Census / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – B. Johnson, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Tribune-Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / C. Rose