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Death. Ridgway died at his suburban Pittsburgh home on July 26, 1993, of cardiac arrest, at the age of 98. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. In a graveside eulogy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, said: "No soldier ever performed his duty better than this man. No soldier ...
Matthew B. Ridgway, auch Matthew Bunker Ridgway (* 3. März 1895 in Fort Monroe, Virginia; † 26. Juli 1993 in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania ), war ein General der US Army während des Zweiten Weltkrieges und des Koreakrieges .
27. Juli 1993 · Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who became Army Chief of Staff after leading American forces in Normandy and United Nations troops in Korea, died yesterday at his home in Fox Chapel, Pa., a suburb...
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who galvanized a “beaten” army in Korea into a fighting force capable of routing Communist troops three times its size, died Monday in his sleep at his suburban Pittsburgh...
27. Juli 1993 · July 26, 1993 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, 98, one of this nation's foremost military figures who led elite airborne troops in furious battle in Europe during World War II,...
- Bart Barnes
4. Apr. 2024 · Matthew Bunker Ridgway (born March 3, 1895, Fort Monroe [Hampton], Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1993, Fox Chapel, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. Army officer who planned and executed the first major airborne assault in U.S. military history with the attack on Sicily in July 1943.
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway died at his suburban Pittsburgh home on 26 July 1993 of cardiac arrest at age 98. He died holding the permanent rank of General in the U.S. Army. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, in Section 7, Grave 8196.
