Editing Richard Winters (section)

{{Short description|United States Army officer and veteran (1918–2011)}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Richard Winters
| image         = Richard Winters 3.jpg
| caption       = Portrait of Winters in his [[Full dress uniform|dress uniform]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1918|1|21}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2011|1|2|1918|1|21}}
| birth_place   = [[New Holland, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_place   = [[Palmyra, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| placeofburial = Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery<br />[[Ephrata, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| placeofburial_label = Place of burial
| nickname      = Dick Winters
| allegiance    = United States
| branch        = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears  = {{plainlist|
* 1941–1946
* 1950–1952
}}
| rank          = [[Major (United States)#Army|Major]]
| servicenumber = 0-1286582 (officer)<ref name="Valor">{{cite web|title=Richard D. Winters|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/22799|publisher=Military Times}}</ref><br>33110272 (enlisted)<ref>[https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=5&cat=all&tf=F&q=richard+d+winters&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=3598743&rlst=1665468,3598743,1129024,4211009,7204658 WWII Army Enlistment Records]</ref>
| unit          = 
| commands  = 2nd [[Battalion]], [[506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]], [[101st Airborne Division]]
| battles       = [[World War II]]
* [[Operation Overlord]], [[D-Day]]
* [[Operation Market Garden]]
* [[Battle of the Bulge]]
* [[Western Allied invasion of Germany]]
| awards        = [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal]] <br/>[[Purple Heart]]<br/>[[Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] (France)<br/>[[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de Guerre]] (Belgium)
| spouse        = {{marriage|Ethel Estoppey|1948}}
| children      = 2
| relations     = Richard and Edith Winters 
| laterwork     = Businessman, guest lecturer
}}
'''Richard Davis Winters''' (January 21, 1918{{spaced ndash}}January 2, 2011) was a [[United States Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] who served as a [[paratrooper]] in [[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|"Easy Company"]] of the [[506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|506th Infantry Regiment]] within the [[101st Airborne Division]] during [[World War II]]. Winters was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] for his successful command of the [[Brécourt Manor Assault|assault on Brécourt Manor]] during the [[American airborne landings in Normandy|invasion of Normandy]]. 

His exploits were featured within numerous books and in the 2001 [[HBO]] mini-series ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', in which he was portrayed by actor [[Damian Lewis]].