Good article about Evan James' family, that lives in southern Illinois. Evan T. James, a U.S. Marine was killed in Iraq. When I find articles like this, it makes me wonder if he is related in some way. With so many James lines represented on this list, I am sure he is related to someone subscribed. If so this article may be of interest. --Scott Williams, St. Louis, Mo. ROCKED BY WAR: Moving on without letting go The family of Evan James By Mary Delach Leonard ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 06/04/2006 LA HARPE, ILL. Three years after Marines came to her front door to report that her son, Cpl. Evan James, 20, was missing in Iraq, Donna James is still finding her way through a changed life... <snip> Evan Tyler James was born on Memorial Day 1982 and died on March 24, 2003, just days after the invasion began. He and a fellow Marine Reservist from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, based in Peoria, Ill., drowned while swimming across the Saddam Canal in southern Iraq during a reconnaissance mission. He was the first casualty from the St. Louis area. Entire article at: http://tinyurl.com/fmbwu (This link is good for only one week.)