Richard D. Winters

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United States Army officer World War II veteran human paratrooper

Richard D. Winters was a highly respected U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II leadership was popularized by the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."

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Label Occurrences
Richard D. Winters canonical 2
Richard Winters 2
Dick Winters 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army officer ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
human ⓘ
paratrooper ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived American Campaign Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal ⓘ
surface form: European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Purple Heart ⓘ
World War II Victory Medal ⓘ
basedOn Band of Brothers ⓘ
surface form: Band of Brothers (book)
birthDate 1918-01-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
coAuthor Cole C. Kingseed ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2011-01-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Camp Hill, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, United States
education Franklin and Marshall College ⓘ
surface form: Franklin & Marshall College
familyName Winters ⓘ
fullName Richard D. Winters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Davis Winters
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasHonor Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument ⓘ
statue in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France ⓘ
laterService United States Army Reserve after World War II ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
Army Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Reserve
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
Lieutenant ⓘ
Major ⓘ
nickname Richard D. Winters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dick Winters
notableFor leadership during Operation Market Garden ⓘ
leadership during the Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
leadership on D-Day in Normandy ⓘ
notableWork Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters ⓘ
leadership of Easy Company during World War II ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
portrayedBy Damian Lewis ⓘ
portrayedIn Band of Brothers ⓘ
surface form: Band of Brothers (miniseries)
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Hershey, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
serviceEnd 1945 ⓘ
serviceStart 1941 ⓘ
unit U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 101st Airborne Division

506th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Band of Brothers → mainCharacter → Richard D. Winters ⓘ
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division → notableCommander → Richard D. Winters ⓘ
Richard D. Winters → fullName → Richard D. Winters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Davis Winters
Richard D. Winters → nickname → Richard D. Winters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dick Winters
George Luz → unitComrades → Richard D. Winters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Winters
Lewis Nixon → notableAssociation → Richard D. Winters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Winters
Damian Lewis → playedCharacter → Richard D. Winters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major Richard Winters