Richmond City: West, Fray Woodrow

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: Fray

middle-name: Woodrow

last-name: West

suffix:

home-address: 212 West Eighth Street, Richmond, Virginia

county:

birthplace: Chesterfield County

date-of-birth: 1914-05-13

race: W

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 9

weight-lbs: 160

marital-status: Married

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name: Kathleen

middle-name:

last-name: Poe

suffix:

place-of-marriage: South Carolina

date-of-marriage: 1942-06-06

children-1:

date-of-birth-1:

children-2:

date-of-birth-2:

children-3:

date-of-birth-3:

children-4:

date-of-birth-4:

education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years:

college-years:

other:

degrees:

occupation: Baker, Southern Biscuit Company

religious-affiliation: Baptist

citizen-of-what-nation: U. S. A.

father-s-name

first-name: Fray

middle-name: Marshall

last-name: West

suffix:

mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Helen

middle-name: Rebecca

last-name: Baughan

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Inducted

date-of-entry: 1941-07-18

place-of-entry: Richmond, Virginia. Board 8

rank-at-entry: Private First Class

first-served: B Company, 36 Combat Eng.

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 33096588

previous-military-education-training-and-service:

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Camp Belvoir Virginia Camp Plattsburg New York Camp Bangor Maine Fort Bragg North Carolina Camp Pickett Virginia overseas from Norfolk, Va.

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date:

information-about-overseas-service: PFC Fray Woodrow West was in the Battle of North Africa and Sicily. July 10, 1943, when the Army invaded Sicily.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Purple Heart

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Sicily

date-of-death: 1943-07-10

any-other-details-known:

photograph: Yes

next-of-kin

prefix: Mr. & Mrs.

first-name: Fray

middle-name: Marshall

last-name: West

suffix:

address: 212 West Eighth Street, Richmond, Va.

relationship: Parents

people-supplying-this-information

prefix: Same

first-name:

middle-name:

last-name:

suffix:

address:

people-submitting-this-information

prefix:

first-name: Mary

middle-name: Leavell

last-name: Jer[man?]

suffix:

address: Hampton Hills Lane, Richmond 21, Virginia