Bobbitt, Edgar Solon
Navy Electrician’s mate 2
Edgar Solon Bobbitt, age 23, from Marion County Jefferson, Texas .
Parents: James A. Bobbitt
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1963
Death details: Killed aboard the atomic submarine Thresher when the ship went missing 220 miles East of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Source: ussthresher.com, Associated Press (1963), oneternalpatrol.com, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1963)