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Personal info

Full name
WEST, Morley Jones
Date of birth
11 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Ashley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33148891
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 51

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. West (father)
Mary E. (Jones) West (mother)
Robert A. West (brother)
Howard L. West (brother)
Albert T. West (brother)
Williard K. West (brother)
Hazel C. (Hartman) West (wife)

More information

Pvt. Morley J. West attended high school for four years and was a plumber.

He was married to Hazel Clara Hartman on 1 January 1942.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 7 February 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Peter Schouteten, Steven Sawyers, www.7tharmddiv.org - Jim West (nephew)