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PFC Alford James West

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PFC Alford James West

Birth
Maries County, Missouri, USA
Death
15 Dec 1943 (aged 21)
Italy
Burial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Plot A, Row 5, Grave 32
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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.


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.


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ALFORD J. WEST
PFC 141 INF 36 DIV
MISSOURI DEC 15 1943

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Memorial Headstone at Skaggs Chapel Cemetery, Maries County Missouri, USA , Find A Grave Memorial #71971095

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  • Maintained by: Larry Fritsch
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56315707/alford_james-west: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Alford James West (7 Jul 1922–15 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56315707, citing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Larry Fritsch (contributor 47523120).