Edward Kenneth Ratcliffe Sergeant USMC, Ret.
Wife Cindy, Children Jennifer and Jill
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Served in the US
Marine Corps 1st Marine Division 5th Marines
Sgt. Retired Vietnam 1966~1967 Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal w/1 * device, Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ device
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of R.I. in By
ROBERT CHIAPPINELLI In the distant The
Marine is Sgt. Edward K. Ratcliffe, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Kenneth Ratcliffe of The
young Marine got the state flag from Governor Chafee last Christmas.
Irked by comments from fellow soldiers that Rhode Island
wasn’t big enough to have a flag, young Ratcliffe wrote the governor
and requested the banner. Getting
his sergeant’s stripes was a more difficult task for the A waiver
from According
to his father, the younger Ratcliffe is thinking about returning to
school after his enlistment is completed. But the elder Ratcliffe thinks
the Marines are too much a part of his son for him to remain away from
them long. http://www.1-5vietnamveterans.org/
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