Major General Matthew Ridgway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Major_General_Matthew_Ridgway

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Predicate	Object
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gptkbp:allegiance	gptkb:United_States_of_America
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal gptkb:Legion_of_Merit gptkb:Medal_of_Honor gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom gptkb:Purple_Heart gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkbp:birthDate	1895-03-03
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Fort_Monroe,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Matthew_Ridgway_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:United_Nations_Command_(Korea) gptkb:XVIII_Airborne_Corps gptkb:Eighth_United_States_Army gptkb:Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate	1993-07-26
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Fox_Chapel,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
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gptkbp:education	gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Matthew_Bunker_Ridgway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Major General Matthew Ridgway
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe Commanding the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Commanding United Nations forces in the Korean War
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank	gptkb:General Major General
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Soldier:_The_Memoirs_of_Matthew_B._Ridgway gptkb:The_Korean_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower_(as_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe) J. Lawton Collins (as Chief of Staff of the United States Army)
gptkbp:promotion	General (4-star) in 1951
gptkbp:serviceYears	1917–1955
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Margaret_Wilson gptkb:Virginia_Ann_Dabney
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Maxwell_D._Taylor_(as_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army) Alfred Gruenther (as Supreme Allied Commander Europe)
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