From the June 11, 1953 edition of The State, Page 5-A:

Cpl. Wiggins Rites Set Friday

Mullins, June 10 - (Special) - Military funeral services for Corporal Don Mark Wiggins, who was killed in action April 8 in Korea, will be conducted Friday afternoon from Fork Methodist Church by the Rev. Claude R. Harper. Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery, Dillon County.

The body will be taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wiggins, Route 2, Dillon, Thursday afternoon, and will be at the church from 2:30 Friday afternoon until the hour of service.

Members of the Mullins National Guard Unit will perform the military honors.

Corporal Wiggins, 24, was graduated from Lake View High School in 1945. He entered service January 16, 1952, and was stationed at Indiantown Gap, New York and at Fort Benning, Georgia, before being sent to Korea. He was a member of the 2nd Infantry Division of the 23rd Regiment.

Besides his parents he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Dula Mae Fowler; five brothers, C. C. and Myrtie J. of Dillon, J. F. of Sellers, Sgt. Ralph L. of Shaw Field and L. Wiggins of Mullins; and five sisters, Mrs. Bessie Harrelson and Miss Faye Wiggins of Mullins, Mrs. Major Daniels of Latta and Mrs. Frank Collins of Conway.

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From the April 19, 1953 edition of The State, Page 9-A:

Fork Soldier Killed in Korea

Mullins, April 18 (Special) - Pfc. Don Mark Wiggins, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wiggins of Fork, was killed in action in Korea April 9, according to a message received by his parents and wife, the former Miss Mae Fowler.

Private First Class Wiggins has been in service for about a year and a half, and had served in Korea for six months. He was a graduate of Lake View High School.