Awards and Decorations
| Combat Infantryman Badge (General Ridgway is one of three general officers who have been awarded the CIB for service while a General Officer, with General Joseph Stilwell and Major General William F. Dean) | |
| Parachutist Badge |
| Distinguished Service Cross with oak leaf cluster | |
| Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters | |
| Silver Star with oak leaf cluster | |
| Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster | |
| Bronze Star with "V" device and oak leaf cluster | |
| Purple Heart | |
| World War I Victory Medal | |
| American Defense Service Medal | |
| American Campaign Medal | |
| European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal | |
| Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal | |
| World War Two Victory Medal | |
| Army of Occupation Medal | |
| National Defense Service Medal | |
| Korean Service Medal | |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom. | |
| United Nations Service Medal | |
| Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor of France (1953) | |
| Congressional Gold Medal | |
| Order of Saint Maurice (Primicerius) |
- National Infantry Association has awarded him their annual Doughboy Award.
- Ridgway appeared on the April 30, 1951 and May 12, 1952 covers of LIFE Magazine
- Ridgeway appeared on the March 5, 1951, and July 16, 1951 editions of TIME Magazine.
- Ridgway was honored by his adopted hometown of Pittsburgh with the entrance to the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial, located in the city's education and cultural district, being renamed "Ridgway Court".
- Bearing his name is the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
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