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Personal info

Full name
RIDENOUR, Andrew Berton
Date of birth
6 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39416974
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Ridenour (father)
Bertie O. (McGhee) Ridenour (mother)
Sequoyah E. Ridenour (brother)
Elmer V. Ridenour (brother)
Billy C. Ridenour (brother)
Benna J. Ridenour (sister)

More information

Sgt Andrew B. Ridenour attended Miami High School.

He enlisted in Fresno, California on 22 June 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful Dutchman, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / De Freitas Family Tree / 1940 Census / Boardfield Family Tree / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - cookclan1