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GERALD ALAN CHAMPION
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1946 – May 31, 1967
Service recordGerald Alan Champion, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 21
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.