Education
Ricketts graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and then from the United States. Naval Academy in 1935 and subsequently served on the United States Ship Ranger (CV-4) and United States Ship Yorktown (CV-5).
Ricketts graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and then from the United States. Naval Academy in 1935 and subsequently served on the United States Ship Ranger (CV-4) and United States Ship Yorktown (CV-5).
On May 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Lieutenant Ricketts was in charge of a damage control party on board the Yorktown. When a Japanese bomb exploded among his group, he successfully undertook fire-fighting measures despite having received mortal wounds. Ricketts was buried at sea.
His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
The Edsall-class destroyer escort United States Ship Ricketts (Delaware-254) was named in his honor.
