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CHARLES DON CHAMPION
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordCharles Don Champion, of Irving, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 47
- BOYD CANFIELDCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- BOBBY CECIL COVERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 48
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.