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Edwin Bo Blythe

First Name: 
Edwin "Bo"
Middle Name: 
Eugene
Last Name: 
Blythe
Date of Birth: 
6/2/1906
Birthplace: 
Huntersville, NC

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at Iwo Jima. Memorial service held at St. Marks Episcopal Church on Apr 22, 1945, with a marker placed in the cemetery.

Age at Death: 38

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-20-1945

Personal Details

Education Details: 
Long Creek High School graduate, Rutherford College graduate
Biographical Notes: 
Construction superintendent for A. Lloyd Goode Contracting Co., Wade Manufacturing Co., Charlotte St. Mark's Episcopal Church, widely known as a baseball pitcher in school and with the Mecklenburg County and Twilight leagues.
Family Details: 

Mrs. Ruth Harris Blythe - 318 Auten St., Charlotte, NC Cynthia Ruth Blythe, born Feb 25, 1943 in Washington, DC, Charlotte NC Mr. Roland Lee Blythe (deceased), born 1873, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Eugenia (Vance) Blythe, born 1877 - Huntersville, NC Cloyd Eubanks Blythe - Charlotte, NC, Franklin Webb Blythe - Charlotte, NC, John Lee Blythe - Charlotte, NC, Mrs. Charles (Mable Launa) Kemp - Brooklyn, NY, Mrs. Edward L. (Naomi Peggy Vance) George - Arlington, VA, Mrs. J. S. (Ellen Eugenia, Edwins twin) Ford - Asheville, NC, Mrs. Luther (Anna Winslow) Douglas - Huntersville, NC, Mrs. Theran M. (Gertrude May) Earle - Decatur, GA, Samuel M. Blythe - New River, NC, Sgt. Francis Earle Blythe, US Marine - Pacific Ocean, William Walton Blythe - Florence, SC

Military Details

Military Rank: 
Chief Warrant Officer
Military Unit: 
Carpenter with the Seabees, CEC
KIA Date: 
2/19/1945
MIA Date: 
NA
KIA / MIA Place: 
Iwo Jima
Source: 

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