Georgetown post office to be renamed for soldier killed in Iraq

Georgetown post office to be renamed for soldier killed in Iraq

By Community Impact Newspaper Staff Thursday, 18 June 2009

The U.S. post office in Georgetown will become the "Kile G. West Post Office Building" if a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives June 15 by U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-District 31, becomes law.

"This is a moment to honor the ultimate sacrifice of one of our Texas war heroes," Carter said in a statement. "With this renaming we should not only recognize the sacrifice of Lieutenant West, but the kind of life he led as an example to all our youth in the future."

House Resolution 2422 was approved by unanimous voice vote in the House. If approved by the senate and signed into law by President Obama, it will rename the post office at 2300 Scenic Drive in Georgetown.

West was a graduate of Hutto High School in Williamson County where he played football, baseball and track. West then attended Stephen F. Austin State University, where he was a cadet in the ROTC program, a sergeant in the Texas National Guard and secretary for Delta Chi Fraternity. He graduated and was commissioned in December 2005 and was deployed to Iraq in October 2006. West was killed Memorial Day 2007 when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device after he volunteered for a rescue mission to save a downed helicopter crew.