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JAMES ALBERT CHAMPION
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1949 – April 24, 1971
Service recordJames Albert Champion, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 24, 1971
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 8
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · April 24, 1971
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 6
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 9
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 9
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 10
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.