James Lee Wilks

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I served with James in Charlie Company. MARINE, YOUR WAR IS OVER BOTH HERE AND ABROAD GOD BLESS JAMES AND EASE YOUR TROUBLED MIND YOUR DEATH IS STILL BRANDED IN MY MIND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE EVENTS OF 05-22-69 NOR WILL I FORGET YOU. The photo and following article appeared in the Hartsville (SC) Messenger on June 5, 1969: RITES HELD MONDAY FOR LOCAL MARINE Funeral services for PFC James L. Wilkes (sic) were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. from Wilkes Chapel Methodist Church. The Rev. Duncan L. Floyd and the Rev. Mrs. Bessie Parker officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Surviving are his father, Willie Wilkes (sic); and his mother Mrs. Blanche Rhodes, of Hartsville; two sisters, Mrs. Patsy Lewis and Mrs. Jean Cassidy, both of Hartsville; one brother, Larry K. Wilkes (sic) of the home; his paternal grandmother, Una Wilkes (sic) of Hartsville and maternal grandmother, Beulah Freeman, Hartsville.

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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