PRIVATE 
WALTER SCOTT WEST, USMC (DECEASED) 
 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order

Born: 13 March 1872 in Bradford, New Hampshire

Enlisted: 11 May 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts

Medal of Honor awarded: 7 July 1899

Rank at time of award: Private

Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged* 

Date of Death: 14 September 1943

Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery in Foxboro, Massachusetts  

*Originally given Bad Conduct Discharge on 14 January 1899.  In accordance with an act approved 30 June 1932, his discharge was later changed to Honorable.

Spanish American War 1898 Medal of Honor