WORLD WAR II
KIA
Only child of William and Bessie May Melius West, husband of Alice McMillan Monroe.
LT. I. W. WEST OF MARION IS SAID MISSING
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified by the war department yesterday that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, has been missing in action in France since July 18.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served thereafter at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. He went overseas in May of this year. Mrs. West has been making her home in Marion for the duration with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
LIEUT. IRVIN WEST KILLED IN ACTION
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified last week by the war department that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, was killed in action in France July 18. The death message came three weeks after the official report that the young officer had been missing since that date.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942 when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri and went overseas in May of this year.
The only child of Mrs. Bessie M. West and the late William F. West of Richmond, Va., Lieutenant West spent most of his early life in South Carolina where his father was in the lumber business. He was a nephew of M. M. West, prominent lumberman of Marion.
Lieutenant West passed his 25th birthday July 17, the day before his death. His wife makes her home in Marion with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
Published in The State, 1944
Note:
There is another marker for Irvin at Maury Cemetery in Richmond Virginia. On that marker it states that Irvin is buried in La Cambe, France. Until 1947, La Cambe was an American cemetery when the remains were exhumed and shipped to the United States. It has been a German cemetery since 1948.
KIA
Only child of William and Bessie May Melius West, husband of Alice McMillan Monroe.
LT. I. W. WEST OF MARION IS SAID MISSING
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified by the war department yesterday that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, has been missing in action in France since July 18.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served thereafter at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. He went overseas in May of this year. Mrs. West has been making her home in Marion for the duration with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
LIEUT. IRVIN WEST KILLED IN ACTION
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified last week by the war department that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, was killed in action in France July 18. The death message came three weeks after the official report that the young officer had been missing since that date.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942 when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri and went overseas in May of this year.
The only child of Mrs. Bessie M. West and the late William F. West of Richmond, Va., Lieutenant West spent most of his early life in South Carolina where his father was in the lumber business. He was a nephew of M. M. West, prominent lumberman of Marion.
Lieutenant West passed his 25th birthday July 17, the day before his death. His wife makes her home in Marion with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
Published in The State, 1944
Note:
There is another marker for Irvin at Maury Cemetery in Richmond Virginia. On that marker it states that Irvin is buried in La Cambe, France. Until 1947, La Cambe was an American cemetery when the remains were exhumed and shipped to the United States. It has been a German cemetery since 1948.
WORLD WAR II
KIA
Only child of William and Bessie May Melius West, husband of Alice McMillan Monroe.
LT. I. W. WEST OF MARION IS SAID MISSING
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified by the war department yesterday that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, has been missing in action in France since July 18.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served thereafter at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. He went overseas in May of this year. Mrs. West has been making her home in Marion for the duration with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
LIEUT. IRVIN WEST KILLED IN ACTION
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified last week by the war department that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, was killed in action in France July 18. The death message came three weeks after the official report that the young officer had been missing since that date.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942 when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri and went overseas in May of this year.
The only child of Mrs. Bessie M. West and the late William F. West of Richmond, Va., Lieutenant West spent most of his early life in South Carolina where his father was in the lumber business. He was a nephew of M. M. West, prominent lumberman of Marion.
Lieutenant West passed his 25th birthday July 17, the day before his death. His wife makes her home in Marion with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
Published in The State, 1944
Note:
There is another marker for Irvin at Maury Cemetery in Richmond Virginia. On that marker it states that Irvin is buried in La Cambe, France. Until 1947, La Cambe was an American cemetery when the remains were exhumed and shipped to the United States. It has been a German cemetery since 1948.
KIA
Only child of William and Bessie May Melius West, husband of Alice McMillan Monroe.
LT. I. W. WEST OF MARION IS SAID MISSING
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified by the war department yesterday that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, has been missing in action in France since July 18.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served thereafter at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. He went overseas in May of this year. Mrs. West has been making her home in Marion for the duration with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
LIEUT. IRVIN WEST KILLED IN ACTION
MARION - Mrs. Alice Monroe West of Marion was notified last week by the war department that her husband, First Lieut. Irvin W. West, was killed in action in France July 18. The death message came three weeks after the official report that the young officer had been missing since that date.
Lieutenant West entered the army immediately following his graduation from Clemson college in 1942 when he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the infantry. He served at various posts in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri and went overseas in May of this year.
The only child of Mrs. Bessie M. West and the late William F. West of Richmond, Va., Lieutenant West spent most of his early life in South Carolina where his father was in the lumber business. He was a nephew of M. M. West, prominent lumberman of Marion.
Lieutenant West passed his 25th birthday July 17, the day before his death. His wife makes her home in Marion with her father, Howard R. Monroe, Sr.
Published in The State, 1944
Note:
There is another marker for Irvin at Maury Cemetery in Richmond Virginia. On that marker it states that Irvin is buried in La Cambe, France. Until 1947, La Cambe was an American cemetery when the remains were exhumed and shipped to the United States. It has been a German cemetery since 1948.
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