Published January 12, 2013, 07:46 AM

Albert Wiest

Al Wiest, retired US Army Colonel, died peacefully but unexpectedly at the age of 98 on December 30th, 2012, in his home in Beachcrest, rural Olympia, WA. He was born on August 22, 1914, in Jamestown, ND, where he came to be called “Bill”, to couple him with his identical twin brother Bob.

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