Personal
Ritter was a resident of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley, for 25 years. He now resides in Washington, D.C., but has spent some one-third of his time in Afghanistan since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
He was formerly married to Edith Duerksen Ritter with whom he has two children, a son, Jason Alexei, and a daughter, Kristina Larissa.
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