Herbert John Spiro

Herbert John Spiro
Personal details
Born	7 September 1924 Hamburg, Germany
Died	6 April 2010 San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Known for	Political scientist
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	38461724
Rank	Master Sergeant
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 19 (16 May – 13 July 1944)
Section	5B
Team	IPW 155

Teammates

Team — IPW 155

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Herbert John Spiro (1924–2010) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 19 and served with IPW Team 155.

Biography

Spiro was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1924. Afterwards, Spiro received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1938, fleeing Nazi persecution. this information about Herbert John Spiro. Ambassador Spiro, the author of 13 books on politics and diplomacy, passed away in 2010. He served in the US Foreign Service as Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, and taught at the Free University of Berlin. His training at Camp Ritchie places him among the list of approximately 20,000 Ritchie Boys. He served with the United States Army in World War II.

The timeline research also records 3/1944 ASTP at University of Illinois. San Antonio Junior College (1 year). Served as Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. 1/5/1944 Became naturalized U.

Research notes

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	86
Class_ASN	38461724
Class_Name	SPIRO, Herbert J.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 9/7/1924 Born in Germany. Religion: Jewish.
• 5/16/1944 Started Class 19 (German).
• 9/4/1944 Promoted to S/Sgt.
• 6/1943 Basic training with 62nd Infantry Battalion.
• Assigned to IPW team 155 attached to the First Army.
• Drafted into Army at ___as Pvt (ASN: 38461724).
• San Antonio Junior College (1 year). ROTC as Cadet Major.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Wikipedia: Herbert Spiro
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-05-19 (1 post)
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Herbert J. Spiro for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Spiro, Herbert J. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HERBERT J. SPIRO.doc)