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Show Gen. J. Wallace West Dies Monday in Salt Lake War II with the Utah National Guard, and af- i ter the war became Utah National Guard adjutant general. General West was born Jan. 21, 1892 in Pleasant Grove, a son 1 of Nathaniel and Josephine Dickerson West. He married Leah Halliday July 5, 1910 in Provo. He is survived by his widow, son Richard, both of Salt Lake City; two daughters, Helen Malouf, Salt Lake City and Leota Melius, Los Angeles; nine grandchildren, gran-dchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren; great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, David A., Salt Lake City; Bryan, Provo; and Vance, Eleroy, Geneva War-nick War-nick and Reva Ahman, all of Pleasant Grove. Gen. J. Wallace 'Josh' West, 86, of Salt Lake, former Utah adjutant ad-jutant general, died Monday in a Salt Lake Hospital. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, Thur-sday, at 2 p.m. at Monument Park 2nd Ward. Burial will be in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. General West was appointed adjutant general for Utah in 1946, a post he held for 8 years. He was also appointed state director direc-tor of Selective Service and state director of Civil Defense. In his youth he played basketball at Pleasant Grove High School, and was named All-State in 1911-1912. He served as a teacher and coach before be-fore he entered the army prior to world |