Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs

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Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs

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Birthplace: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: April 11, 2007 (86)
Saint Marie, Valley County, Montana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Speirs and Martha Agnes Speirs
Ex-husband of Robert's mother; Ramona Dolores Pujol and Elsie ?
Father of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Speirs
Brother of Mary Stewart Thomas; Dorothy Agnes Speirs; Elsie Margaret Crombie and Robert 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
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1945
1945
England, United Kingdom
2007
April 11, 2007
Age 86
Saint Marie, Valley County, Montana, United States
2007
Age 86