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Personal info

Full name
WEST, James Ray
Date of birth
30 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Gas City, Allen County, Kansas
Hometown
Lola, Allen County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37219266
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Coyviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. West (father)
Fransina M. (Mourning) West (mother)
Thomas A. West (brother)
Mildred A. West (sister)
Charles E. West (brother)
Franklin G. West (brother)
Mary L. West (sister)
Martha R. West (sister)
Arthur L. West (brother)
Lavena L. (Clites) West (wife)
Ralinda West (daughter)

More information

Sgt James R. West was a farmer.

He was sent overseas in May 1944.

After being reported wounded in action on 13 September 1944, he died of his woumds four days later.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Wendy Reeder, www.newspapers.com - The Lola Register, 17 August 1944/27 October 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Classic