Herbert J. Spiro

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

Teammates

Team — IPW 155

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Herbert J. Spiro (1924–2010), born Herbert John Spiro in Hamburg, Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy (Camp Ritchie class 19; IPW Team 155) and later an American political scientist and diplomat. After fleeing Nazi persecution with his family in 1938, he served in the U.S. Army in World War II and went on to a career that included teaching and diplomatic service.

Biography

Herbert John Spiro (September 7, 1924 – April 6, 2010) was an American political scientist and diplomat.

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

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

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-05-19 (1 post)
• Wikipedia: Herbert Spiro
• Facebook-linked source: External article (via Facebook post)