Alford James West

1922 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Alford James West
  Birth	7 Jul 1922
  Gender	Male
  MILF	Y
  Death	15 Dec 1943	San Pietro Infine, Italy
  Burial	Maries Co., MO
  	Skaggs Chapel Cemetery - Cenotaph
  Person ID	I1269	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	30 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson West,   b. 3 Mar 1895, Grove Dale, Maries Co., MO d. 27 Mar 1959, Belle, Maries Co., MO (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Bertha Villean Blackwell,   b. 3 Jun 1903, Bourbon, Crawford Co., MO d. 29 Nov 1960, Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1919	Lanes Prairie, Maries Co., MO   [1]
  	By S. H. Birdsong, J.P. Thomas Blackwell gave his permission for the marriage.
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Obit: Alford James West was born July 7, 1922 in Jefferson TWP, Maries County, Missouri, USA near Lanes Prairie and grew up on the family farm with his parents and siblings. After the beginning of World War II he enlisted in the U S Army on November 18, 1942 at Jefferson Barracks in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alford was assigned to the 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, they were known as the Texas T-Patchers Division. He was trained as a BAR Gunner in the United States and received more advanced training and was introduced into combat in North Africa. From there the T-Patchers became part of "Operation Avalanche", the battle for the first Allied beachhead on the European mainland, when they landed on the beaches at Salerno, Italy on September 9, 1943 and were to proceed on to Rome. PFC Alford James West was killed in action on December 15, 1943 during the assault on the small hillside town of San Pietro Infine, Italy. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S886] Marriage Record of Thomas Jefferson West & Bertha V. Blackwell. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71971095/alford-james-west.