California’s War Dead

    Garrywesley Tan Rimes, 30

    Marines, Corporal
    Ramadi, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Santa Maria
    Foreign Country of Birth: Philippines
    He achieved his goal in life. He wanted to serve the country and wanted to be a Marine.
    — Patty Rimes, sister in the San Luis Obispo Tribune

    Rimes was born and raised in the Philippines, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. He joined the Marines in 1997 a year after moving to the U.S. with his sister. He served four years. Then, after a year, he rejoined.
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