Sgt. Vista E. West       

Mil# 38252089

Enlisted: 15 October 1942

 A. Company 643rd TD BN.

 

 

 

 

Info/Pictures received from; Justin West

 

 

 

Born: 23 March 1920    Place: Kiefer, OK

Died:  15 May 1962     Place: Houston, TX 

Buriel Place: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, TX

 

Wife: Mildred E. West ( Wienken)  Married: 6 November 1947

Children: Linda, Jeffrey and Carl

 

Father: Carl Wright   Mother: Ester Wright (Osburne)

 

 

 

 

Awards     

 

European African Middle Eastern Service Medal

Battle Stars"Ardennes-Rhineland-Central Europe"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vista in front of his Hellcat (A26)

 

Vista together with couple Army buddies

 

Vista and a couple Army buddies between war remnants

 

Platoon Hellcats from A-Company
   

Security Section

Top: Baxter Neal, Carlton Seamon, Warren Decker,
Lionel Gauthier, Vista West, Martin O'Donnell, Joseph DeCaro, Jack Bonsignore, Ronald Wright

 

 

 

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