Wesley Hart

U.S. Army

1942 - 1945

World War II

 Brazil 

Wes joined the U.S. Army in 1941 and became a 2nd Lt. at the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot in Indiana where he was Fiscal Officer.  Transferred to Fort Warren, Wyoming as 1st. Lt. in the 136th Quartermaster Truck Co. - Fort Ord, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Ft. Lewis Desert Training Center, Indio, California Promoted to Captain and attended the Advanced QM Officers School, Ft. Lee, Virginia.  Sent overseas in early 1943 to the United States Armed Forces South Atlantic Base S-4 at Recife, Brazil where he remained until the end of WWII.  During his service at this major depot servicing Europe he was promoted to Major. Wes was discharged from active duty in Indiana  on 9/45 and promoted to Lt. Colonel with the Active Army Reserves. 

Wes was one of the founders of the Lexington Veterans Association and had been Vice Commander since its inception.

Wes was still active as a consultant to a major CPA firm in Columbus, Ohio where he was once the Managing Partner.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in the Somerset Villas in the Lake Village.

Wesley Hart passed away at Ft. Myers on October 16, 2004 at age 87. He had a solemn mass at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Ft. Myers, Florida and was buried in Columbus, Ohio with full military honors.

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