Years of service 1930–1945 Role Armed force officer | Name Robert Strayer Rank Lieutenant Colonel Unit 506th Infantry Regiment | |
Born March 2, 1910
Rutledge, Pennsylvania, U.S. ( 1910-03-02 ) Allegiance United States of America Battles/wars World War II
Battle of Normandy
Operation Market Garden
Battle of the Bulge
Western Allied invasion of Germany Awards Silver Star
Bronze Star (4)
Purple Heart Relations Mildred (wife)
Robert Oliver (son)
Suzanne Mildred (daughter) Died December 18, 2002, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States Battles and wars Invasion of Normandy People also search for Robert Wynn, Arthur W. Radford, Edward A. Craig, Robert B. Brewer | ||
Service/branch United States Army | ||
Colonel Robert Lytle Strayer (March 2, 1910 – December 18, 2002) was a United States Army officer during World War II. As a major, in 1942 he was given command of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In 1945 he was made Executive Officer (XO) of the 506th PIR. During his service he earned one Silver Star, four Bronze Stars, and one Purple Heart. At the end of World War II Strayer was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the 507th PIR. When the 506th was de-activated in September 1945, Colonel Strayer left the Army.
Strayer married Mildred Strong of Chuckey, Tennessee, an Army nurse, on January 12, 1942. He retired from the army after the end of World War II. Strayer and his wife settled down in Pennsylvania where Strayer found work in insurance. In 1978 the couple retired to St. Petersburg, Florida, where Strayer died December 18, 2002. His wife died on July 5, 2009. They are both interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
Strayer was portrayed in the television miniseries Band of Brothers by actor Phil McKee.