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On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army. Around this same time, Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport studying to be a nurse. He then married her, as his fifth wife on 3 Sep 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. In mid-October, he went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II. David Maraniss reports that "...his military records indicate that Blythe did not arrive home from Italy until December 1 and was honorably discharged at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 7 Dec 1945". (Maraniss, pg 27-8) He and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for a short time, where "... he got back his old job as a salesman for the Manbee Equipment Company." (see [http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/excerpt.html excerpt] from ''My Life'', by Bill Clinton) His mother died Feb 1946 and her obituary calls him "...W.J. Blythe of Chicago...."

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In Bill Clinton's autobiography, he states that his father and Ginger had just bought a house in a Chicago suburb ~~and moved their furniture into it,~~ but ~~weren~~'t ~~yet living there~~. ~~Other sources state that~~ Ginger ~~moved~~ back to ~~her parents house in~~ Hope~~, because they were either preparing~~ to ~~look for a house there~~. It was while he was coming to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. He was driving too fast for the conditions, and his car overturned. He was either thrown or got out of his car, and was eventually found hours later, some distance away, drowned in a drainage ditch.

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In Bill Clinton's autobiography, he states that his father and Ginger had just bought a house in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park but couldn't move in for a few months. Since Ginger was pregnant, they decided she should go back to Hope to wait until they could move in. It was while he was coming to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. He was driving too fast for the conditions, and his car overturned. He was either thrown or got out of his car, and was eventually found hours later, some distance away, drowned in a drainage ditch.

He is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas. Virginia was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III (now known as President Bill Clinton) on [[Aug 19]], 1946.

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 On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army.  Around this same time, Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport studying to be a nurse. He then married her, as his fifth wife on 3 Sep 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  In mid-October, he went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II.  David Maraniss reports that "...his military records indicate that Blythe did not arrive home from Italy until December 1 and was honorably discharged at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 7 Dec 1945". (Maraniss, pg 27-8)  He and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for a short time, where "... he got back his old job as a salesman for the Manbee Equipment Company." (see [http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/clinton/excerpt.html excerpt] from ''My Life'', by Bill Clinton)  His mother died Feb 1946 and her obituary calls him "...W.J. Blythe of Chicago...."
-In Bill Clinton's autobiography, he states that his father and Ginger had just bought a house in a Chicago suburb and moved their furniture into it, but weren't yet living there.  Other sources state that Ginger moved back to her parents house in Hope, because they were either preparing to look for a house there.  It was while he was coming to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.  He was driving too fast for the conditions, and his car overturned.  He was either thrown or got out of his car, and was eventually found hours later, some distance away, drowned in a drainage ditch.
+In Bill Clinton's autobiography, he states that his father and Ginger had just bought a house in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park but couldn't move in for a few months.  Since Ginger was pregnant, they decided she should go back to Hope to wait until they could move in.  It was while he was coming to Hope that he died in a car accident on [[May 17]], 1946 near Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.  He was driving too fast for the conditions, and his car overturned.  He was either thrown or got out of his car, and was eventually found hours later, some distance away, drowned in a drainage ditch.
 He is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas.  Virginia was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III (now known as President Bill Clinton) on [[Aug 19]], 1946.