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Lieutenant Earl Thompson West '18, of Woburn was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on September 30, 1918, instead of at Chateau-Thierry on July 1, as was previously reported. Lieutenant West was leading a patrol to find out the position of the German front line trenches...
...West left College on January 5, 1918, to enter Camp Upton, where he was given the certificate of eligibility for promotion and sent overseas. After a period of intensive training he was made an observer for the artillery and stationed with the 301st Infantry. A brother officer said he was by far the best observer in the battalion...
Colonel Goetz graduated from West Point in 1909. He was made a first lieutenant in 1916 and a captain in May, 1917. Then he received a rapid series of promotions, being commissioned major in June, 1918, lieutenant-colonel in August, and colonel in October, 1918. After his graduation from West Point Colonel Goetz was stationed principally in the west, and from 1912 to 1917 he served in Honolulu and Panama. Since the beginning of the war he has been engaged in military instruction duty, and was last assigned to Camp Jackson, S. C. His home is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...
Lieutenant Earle T. West '14, has been reported killed in action while serving as an infantry officer near Chateau-Thierry on July 1st, 1918. The details of his death are not yet known...
Lieut E. T. West...