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JOHN ROBERT CHAMPLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1928 – March 18, 1971
Service recordJohn Robert Champlin, of Hebron, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 57
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1928
- Home of record
- Hebron, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 57
- THOMAS EDWARD TESTORFFSpecialist Four · March 17, 1971
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
- ALAN BRENT BOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1971
- KEITH ALLAN BRANDTCaptain · March 18, 1971
From Hebron
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · December 31, 1968
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
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.