Winters, Richard Davis 'Dick'

1918 - 2011  (92 years)

• Name	Winters, Richard Davis 'Dick'
  Birth	21 Jan 1918
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WINT.R001
  _FGRAVE	63966599
  Military Service	World War II, Major, 101st Airborne Division, United States Army
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Richard Davis 'Dick' Winters (1918-2011)
  		Major (abbreviated as MAJ) (paygrade O-4), United States Army and United States Air Force
  		Major, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, and United States Space Force
  		United States Army Officer Rank Insignia
  		Richard Winters (1918-2011)
  Death	2 Jan 2011
  Burial	Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I50095	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Ephrata, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  World War II United States Army Officer. He served as the commander of Easy Company (Company E), 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division, and the stories of he and his comrades were featured in the 2001 HBO television mini-series "Band of Brothers," based on the book by Stephen Ambrose.