page_title: Reginald H. Ridgely Jr.
section_title: Post-war career
hierarchical_section_title: Reginald H. Ridgely Jr. / Post-war career
caption_attribution_description: English: Arlington National Cemetery gravestone - Section 11 ANC
context_page_description: Reginald Heber Ridgely Jr. was a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General. He was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II and was one of the few survivors of the infamous "hellships."
context_section_description: Following the war, Ridgely served as the commanding officer of the 8th Marine Regiment & Fleet Force in the Mediterranean from 1947 to 1948. Later, from 1948 to January 1951, he was the commanding officer of the Naval disciplinary barracks at Portsmouth, N.H.  He then served as the commanding general of MCRD San Diego from 1951 to 1952.  
  In 1952, Ridgely then became director of Marine Corps personnel at headquarters of the U.S.M.C in Washington, D.C. From July 1955 to June 1957, Major General Ridgely was the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division. Afterwards, he took over as the commanding general of Camp Pendleton, filling this position until his retirement as a lieutenant general on November 1, 1959.
  Reginald H. Ridgely died of cardiac arrest on June 28, 1979, in a nursing home in Kilmarnock, Virginia. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
caption: Tombstone for Reginald Heber Ridgely Jr and his wife, Josephine Dalton Ridgely. Located in Section 11 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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