JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Valentin Delbeke
HTML
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<ul class="list">
<li class="item_20">A</li>
<li class="item_20">B</li>
<li class="item_20">C</li>
<li class="item_21">D</li>
<li class="item_21">E</li>
<li class="item_22">F</li>
<li class="item_22">G</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
var elem = {};
$('ul.list li').each(function() {
var txt = $(this).attr('class');
if (elem[txt])
$(this).remove();
else
elem[txt] = true;
});