Norman Dike

Norman Dike
First Lieutenant Norman Dike (1943)
Birth name	Norman Staunton Dike, Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Foxhole Norman"
Born	(1918-05-19)19 May 1918 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	23 June 1989(1989-06-23) (aged 71) Rolle, Switzerland
Resting Place	West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1945 (active) 1945–1957 (active reserve)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	101st Airborne Division Headquarters, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Headquarters, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Division Headquarters
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge
Awards	Silver Star Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster Dutch Order of Orange, 2nd class (Netherlands)
Spouse(s)	Barbara Tredick Dimmick McIntire (m. 1942; div. 1946) Catherine Pochon (m. 1957)
Relations	Norman S. Dike, Sr. (father) Evelyn M. Biddle (mother) Barbara Matilda Dike (daughter, b. 23 March 1943) Deborah Ann Dike (daughter, b. 7 April 1958) Anthony Randolph Dike (son, b. 10 August 1959)
Other work	U.S. Uranium Company United Western Minerals Company

Norman Staunton Dike, Jr. (19 May 1918 – 23 June 1989) was an officer of the United States Army who later served in the U.S. Army Reserve. During World War II he was a lieutenant and captain in the 101st Airborne Division, where one assignment was company commander of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. After World War II, he became a lawyer and businessman and eventually became a permanent resident of Switzerland. Dike was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Peter O'Meara.

Dike was born to Norman Staunton Dike Sr., a New York State Supreme Court judge, and Evelyn M. Biddle on 19 May 1918. He was a 1937 graduate of St. Paul's School. In May 1939, Dike's parents divorced and his mother married Randolph Chandler of Thompson, Connecticut in October of the same year. Normand (sic) Dike (mother: Eveylen (sic) Chandler) was listed on the 1940 United States Census as having been a resident of Thompson for at least five years. He attended Brown University and, as a freshman, pledged to Psi Upsilon fraternity. Dike graduated Brown in 1941. He studied at Yale Law School prior to June 1942, but did not graduate before entering the US Army. He married Barbara Tredick Dimmick McIntire on 20 June 1942.