Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving member of the World War II military unit portrayed in HBOs Band of Brothers, died Friday at age 99.

Shames was part of the U.S. Armys Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, a highly regarded unit of parachute infantrymen who saw combat in many of the conflicts most famous battles.

He passed away peacefully at home, according to an obituary posted by Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory in Norfolk, Virginia.

In Band of Brothers, a 10-part miniseries about the company that debuted in 2001, Shames was portrayed by the actor Joseph May in one credited episode, The Breaking Point, in which the company holes up in the freezing Ardennes forest amid near-constant shelling. Damian Lewis starred as Maj. Richard Winters alongside a cast that included Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender, Ron Livingston, David Schwimmer and, briefly, Jimmy Fallon.

The series earned an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series in 2002.