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In Memoriam: Lt. Gen. Wayne O. Burks

In Memoriam: Lt. Gen. Wayne O. Burks

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Wayne O. Burkes passed away peacefully at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Wayne (as his friends called him) was born December 6, 1929 in Neshoba County North of Philadelphia, MS and raised on the family farm. He was preceded in...

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