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information-about-overseas-service: Sailed from U. S. May 10, 1944. Somewhere in England from May 22, 1944, to June 20, 1944. Joined 29th Division in France June 22, 1944. Killed July 18, 1944, near St. Lo, France.

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

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Battle of St. Lo, France

date-of-death: 1944-07-18

any-other-details-known: None

photograph: Yes

next-of-kin

prefix:

first-name: Bessie

middle-name: Melius

last-name: West

suffix:

address: 1011 A Porter Street, Richmond 24, Virginia

relationship: Mother

people-supplying-this-information

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first-name: Alice

middle-name: Monroe

last-name: West (Wife)

suffix:

address: 505 Willcox Avenue, Marion, South Carolina

people-submitting-this-information

prefix:

first-name: Mary

middle-name: Leavell

last-name: Jerman

suffix:

address: Hampton Hills Lane, Richmond, 21, Virginia