Served with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne. He was played by Marc Warren in the HBO miniseres, "Band of Brothers."
According to the miniseries, he had supposedly never recovered from a "neck wound," and died in Philadelphia in 1948, his family would later correct this error, stating that it was a shoulder wound he received, not, as the series had stated, a neck wound, Blithe received two Purple Hearts for this action. (U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954: Admission Date Jun 1944; Discharge Date Oct 1944;
Diagnosis: First Location: Spine and Trunk: Clavicle; Second Diagnosis: Palsy, brachial; Causative Agent: Bullet, Pistol or Revolver; Type of Injury Casualty, battle; Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts; Injured in Line of Duty)
He served with distinction from 1942 to 1967, having fought in Korea, and earning a MAAG assignment in Taiwan.
He died while on active duty in Germany, at the age of 44.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Cause of Death: Kidney failure.
According to the miniseries, he had supposedly never recovered from a "neck wound," and died in Philadelphia in 1948, his family would later correct this error, stating that it was a shoulder wound he received, not, as the series had stated, a neck wound, Blithe received two Purple Hearts for this action. (U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954: Admission Date Jun 1944; Discharge Date Oct 1944;
Diagnosis: First Location: Spine and Trunk: Clavicle; Second Diagnosis: Palsy, brachial; Causative Agent: Bullet, Pistol or Revolver; Type of Injury Casualty, battle; Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts; Injured in Line of Duty)
He served with distinction from 1942 to 1967, having fought in Korea, and earning a MAAG assignment in Taiwan.
He died while on active duty in Germany, at the age of 44.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Cause of Death: Kidney failure.
Served with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne. He was played by Marc Warren in the HBO miniseres, "Band of Brothers."
According to the miniseries, he had supposedly never recovered from a "neck wound," and died in Philadelphia in 1948, his family would later correct this error, stating that it was a shoulder wound he received, not, as the series had stated, a neck wound, Blithe received two Purple Hearts for this action. (U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954: Admission Date Jun 1944; Discharge Date Oct 1944;
Diagnosis: First Location: Spine and Trunk: Clavicle; Second Diagnosis: Palsy, brachial; Causative Agent: Bullet, Pistol or Revolver; Type of Injury Casualty, battle; Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts; Injured in Line of Duty)
He served with distinction from 1942 to 1967, having fought in Korea, and earning a MAAG assignment in Taiwan.
He died while on active duty in Germany, at the age of 44.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Cause of Death: Kidney failure.
According to the miniseries, he had supposedly never recovered from a "neck wound," and died in Philadelphia in 1948, his family would later correct this error, stating that it was a shoulder wound he received, not, as the series had stated, a neck wound, Blithe received two Purple Hearts for this action. (U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954: Admission Date Jun 1944; Discharge Date Oct 1944;
Diagnosis: First Location: Spine and Trunk: Clavicle; Second Diagnosis: Palsy, brachial; Causative Agent: Bullet, Pistol or Revolver; Type of Injury Casualty, battle; Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts; Injured in Line of Duty)
He served with distinction from 1942 to 1967, having fought in Korea, and earning a MAAG assignment in Taiwan.
He died while on active duty in Germany, at the age of 44.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Cause of Death: Kidney failure.
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Albert
Blithe
Pennsylvania
M Sgt
U S Army
World War II
Korea
June 25 1923
December 17 1967
PH
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