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Personal info

Full name
WEST, John William
Date of birth
19 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37172644
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 41

Immediate family

Members
Fredrik E. West (father)
Eleanor M. (Speedy) West (mother)
Willis E. West (brother)
Dorothy E. West (sister)
Elizabeth West (sister)

More information

T/Sgt John W. West entered the army in March 1942 and had been overseas since April 1944.

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 / Jim MacDonald Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Shane O, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star Minnesota - 26 October 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Start Minnesota - 26 October 1944