World War II Honoree

Warren S. West

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Missouri

Honored By

A Grateful American

TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE, SERVED WITH COMPANY 'A', 110TH MEDICAL BATTALION, 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED BRONZE STAR FOR HEROIC SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES NEAR SARREGUEMINES, FRANCE, 9 DECEMBER 1944. THIS SOLDIER, A LITTER BEARER, WITH DISREGARD FOR INTENSE SNIPER FIRE, WENT FORWARD TO EVACUATE A WOUNDED SOLDIER. HE REACHED THE WOUNDED MAN AND IN THE COMPARATIVE SAFETY OF A BUILDING, ADMINISTERED FIRST AID. PLACING HIS PATIENT ON A LITTER, HE EFFECTED THE EVACUATION OF THE WOUNDED SOLDIER UNDER THE HEAVY SNIPER FIRE. HIS DEVOTION TO DUTY, DISREGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY AND HIS COURAGE, DENOTE HIM AN ASSET TO THEIR UNIT.