Ridgley, Kenneth 'Levi'

1974 - 2005  (30 years)

• Name	Ridgley, Kenneth 'Levi'
  Birth	10 Sep 1974	Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	RIDG.K001
  _FGRAVE	14407625
  Death	30 Mar 2005	Mosul, Iraq   [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Action, Gunshot received during combat
  	SGT US Army 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), out of Fort Lewis, WA He died as a result of wounds when he was shot during an enemy attack. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Don Ridgley and Golda Fulk Ridgley; and paternal grandparents, John Richards and Emma Richards. He was survived by his parents; his wife of one year; a son; a brother; three sisters; and his parents-in-law. Interment on July 17, 2006.
  Funeral	8 Apr 2005	Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army,  [1, 2]
  	Medic, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army
  Burial	8 Apr 2005	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia   [2]
  	Columbarium Court 8-K2 Column 11 Niche 3
  		Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
  		Headstone, Ridgley, Kenneth Levi
  Person ID	I9324	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, McDowell - Maglone John William 'Will' McDowell and Margaret Maglone Descendants, Patterson - Nash John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2026

  
  

  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F4364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Strausbaugh, Charity
  Family ID	F4590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Sep 1974 - Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 8 Apr 2005 - Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 8 Apr 2005 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1990] Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), Obituary, Ridgley, SGT Kenneth "Levi", (Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 04 April 2005), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2697] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Ridgley, Kenneth Levi, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31365376), none. (Reliability: 2).