World War II Honoree

Richard Douglas Aldridge

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Toledo Ohio, Ohio

Honored By

Raymond P. Aldridge

Relationship

Brother

He was a career Army man. He had enlisted in the US Army in 1941 and served in World War II and the Korean War. He had been selected for Officer Candidate School and was commissioned. He contracted tuberculosis in the Philippine Islands following the Korean War and remained under medical care of the Army for the rest of his life, although he was medically retired in 1956 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.