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 PFC
James E. Wells
Army PFC James E. Wells, 20, R.R. 1. Albion, was killed in action
last Thursday, the family was notified late Sunday by the Defense
Department.
His mother, Mrs. Marge Wells, ill several years with arthritis,
died Monday shortly after receiving notification of her son's death.
A 1966 graduate of Albion-Jefferson High School, he entered the Army last
Jan. 2 and had been in Vietnam three months.
Funeral services for both PFC Wells and his mother arc pending at
the Bonham and Miser Funeral Home in Albion.
Survivors of PFC Wells include the widow, Mrs. Brenda C. Wells,
R.R. 2, Albion; the father, James N. Wells, R.R. 1, Albion; a son, Keith
E. Wells, 1 1/2 months old, and a brother, Robert Wells.
[The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, 04 Sep 1968, Wed, First Edition, Page 6] |
Grave marker for Pfc James E. Wells
in Section 6, Row 25, Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam (Noble county),
Indiana.
Pfc Wells, a member of Company A, 508th
Infantry, was killed in action by small-arms fire on 29 August 1968.
His military decorations include the Purple Heart.
His name is inscribed is honored on Panel 45W, Row 3 of the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC |
