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4 Feb 68
Dear Folks,
Fourteen days left in the field and then I should be headed home. I can’t write too long, we are going out in about an hour for an ambush. Here is a $159 check plus my W-2. I’ll tell you it’s a hard way to make $1,206.
Love,
Jim
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PFC James J. Rice, from Newtonville, Massachusetts, served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. He was killed near the DMZ on 7 February 1968 while attempting to rescue a buddy who had been badly wounded. He was 21 years old.
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