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Ronald Speirs

1920 - 2007

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Ronald Charles 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 before 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 the Korean War, as a major commanding a rifle company and as a staff officer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Speirs is the 1,566th most popular military personnel (down from 1,204th in 2019), the 3,097th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,063rd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ronald Speirs ranks 1,566 out of 2,058. Before him are Nelson A. Miles, Johann von Werth, Werner Voss, Xue Yue, James M. Gavin, and Erigyius. After him are William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Cleitus the White, Illus, Nikolai Ruzsky, Hans von Funck, and Doris Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ronald Speirs ranks 251. Before him are Bruno Ruffo, Nilde Iotti, Werner Klemperer, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Ignacio Eizaguirre, and Heleno de Freitas. After him are Frances Ames, Nadir Afonso, Silvestre Igoa, Machiko Hasegawa, Chushiro Hayashi, and Harold Sakata. Among people deceased in 2007, Ronald Speirs ranks 219. Before him are Bruno Ruffo, Ken McGregor, Paulinho de Almeida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Hallgeir Brenden, and Vlatko Pavletić. After him are Stuart Rosenberg, Néstor Rossi, Veikko Karvonen, Ian Richardson, Jan Wolkers, and Yang Chuan-kwang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Speirs ranks 3,098 out of 8,785. Before him are Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Matthew Locke (1621), Laura Mulvey (1941), Janet Baker (1933), and Robin Milner (1934). After him are Philip Stone (1924), Alex Higgins (1949), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), Terry Venables (1943), Richard Hammond (1969), and David Gray (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Ronald Speirs ranks 73. Before him are Patrick Gordon (1635), George Rooke (1650), John Alcock (1892), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Max Horton (1883), and Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892). After him are Douglas Bader (1910), Edward Braddock (1695), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Sidney Smith (1764), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), and James Somerville (1882).

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