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Son Alive Believed POW After 1968 Vietnam Ambush
Mildred Ridgeway clung to hope her son Ronald L. Ridgeway survived after a 1968 ambush near Khe Sahn. The Pentagon later identified him as a prisoner of war, not dead, though remains were buried in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.
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St. Louis
Vietnam
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Mildred Ridgeway
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Pfc. Ridgeway
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Daniel James
Khe Sahn
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Louis N. Ridgeway