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WESTCOTT, Godfrey Charles - Date of
birth
26 July 1908 -
Age
37 - Place of
birth
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut -
Hometown
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31337874 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
B Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 September 1945 - Place of
death
Verny, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Alfred Westcott (father)
Christine M. (Watson) Westcott (mother)
Isabell Wescott (sister)
Wlizabeth Y. (Short ) Westcott (wife)
John Godfrey Wescott (son)
More information
Pvt Godfrey C. Westcott was married to Elizabeth Young Short in 1940.He enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 27 July 1943.
Pvt Westcott was reported missing in action on 21 September 1944 and officially declared dead one day and one year later.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.7tharmddiv.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.ancestry.com - April Smart / U.S. School Yearbooks, New Haven High School, New Haven, Connecticut 1927