Ronald Brian Ritchie

Graduating Class
1969

Major
Biology

Hometown
Columbia, SC

Family
Married Teresa "Terry" Charles (also a Clemson alum) in June 1967. They had one daughter, Laura "Lynn" Ritchie (Kilgore) born September 1968. Lynn has one son, Alan Michael Streb, born April 1991.

Service & Rank
Navy, Lieutenant Junior Grade

Unit
Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33

Date of Birth
Mar 4, 1947

Date of Death
Oct 10, 1972

Details of Death
Brian and two other Naval officers were flying on a routine cross country flight from Norfolk to Pensacola, FL when their A3 Sky Warrior Jet crashed near Franklin, VA. (The names of the two other officers in the crash were David H. Grant and Jeff R. Hausheller.)

Burial Details
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife, Terry; Section 35, Site 4469.

Barrow Stone Location
NE