Historical records matching Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs
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About Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs
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Lieutenant Colonel Ronald C. Speirs (20 April 1920 – 11 April 2007)[1] was a United States Army officer who served in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was initially assigned as a platoon leader in B Company of the 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Speirs was reassigned to Dog Company of the 2nd Battalion prior to the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 and later assigned as commander of Easy Company during an assault on Foy, Belgium after the siege of Bastogne was broken during the Battle of the Bulge. Speirs also served in Korea, where he was assigned both as a rifle company commander and as a staff officer. He later became the American governor for Spandau Prison in Berlin. He reached the rank of captain while serving in the European Theater during World War II, major during the Korean War and retired as a lieutenant colonel. Speirs was portrayed in the television miniseries Band of Brothers by Matthew Settle.
See https://www.ronaldspeirs.com for a detailed record of Spiers' early life and military career.
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Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs's Timeline
| 1920 |
April 20, 1920
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Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1945 |
1945
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England, United Kingdom
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| 2007 |
April 11, 2007
Age 86
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Saint Marie, Valley County, Montana, United States
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2007
Age 86
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