Robert Burnham "Bob" Brewer (31 January 1924 – 5 December 1996)[1] was a United States Army officer during World War II, assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

As a student at the Harvard School in Los Angeles, Brewer excelled in sports and enrolled in ROTC training.

[3]: 117 Brewer was seriously wounded during Operation Market Garden while taking point with the platoon's scouts, as E Company was advancing into Eindhoven.

[citation needed] After his stint in the Far East, he was reassigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and subsequently to Camp Peary, Virginia, where he trained soldiers in covert action.

[citation needed] In retirement, Brewer and his family moved to La Cañada, California, to enroll his son in a preparatory school run by an old friend.

After his son graduated and entered college, Brewer and his wife moved to Reno, Nevada, close to a family-owned property where he had spent enjoyable summers as a boy.