Master Sergeant Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967) was a career soldier who had been a Private First Class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Blithe was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Marc Warren. Blithe's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Master Sergeant Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967) was a career soldier who had been a Private First Class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Blithe was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Marc Warren. Blithe's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us.
|
sameAs
| |
Unit
| - Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
- *187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
- *Quartermaster Co., 82nd Airborne Division
|
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
serviceyears
| |
Birth Date
| |
Branch
| |
death place
| |
Nickname
| |
Name
| |
Caption
| - Albert Blithe at Camp Toccoa, Georgia in 1942.
|
placeofburial label
| |
Birth Place
| - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Awards
| - *Bronze Star
- *Purple Heart
- *Army of Occupation Medal
- *Combat Infantryman Badge
- *Commendation Medal
- *Good Conduct Medal with 3 clasps
- *Master Parachutist Badge
- *Silver Star
|
death date
| |
Rank
| |
Allegiance
| |
Battles
| |
Relations
| |
placeofburial
| |
abstract
| - Master Sergeant Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967) was a career soldier who had been a Private First Class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Blithe was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Marc Warren. Blithe's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us. Blithe had also served in Korea with the 187th ARCT after the end of hostilities and later was assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Taiwan. He never retired from military service.
|