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Apr 20, 1920 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 11 Apr 2007 (aged 86)
American paratrooper (1920-2007)
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About Ronald Speirs
- Lieutenant Colonel Ronald C.
- Speirs (20 April 1920 – 11 April 2007) 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 D Company of the 2nd Battalion prior to the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 and later assigned as commander of E Company during an assault on Foy, Belgium after the siege of Bastogne was broken during the Battle of the Bulge.
- He finished the war in the European Theater as a captain.
- Speirs served in Korea, as a major commanding a rifle company and a staff officer.
- He later became the American governor for Spandau Prison in Berlin.
- He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
- In the award-winning television miniseries Band of Brothers, he was portrayed by Matthew Settle.
