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JAMES LEE WILKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordJames Lee Wilks, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 80
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 80
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · May 22, 1969
- FREDRICK STEPHEN WALTERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- WILLIAM WARDSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
From Hartsville
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.