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JOSEPH CHAMPION
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordJoseph Champion, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 130
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 130
- MATTHEW DAVID ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BROWNPrivate · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL THOMAS ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
- JUAN PASCUA AVILES-AVILESSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 128
- GUYE RAYMOND BENSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 129
- SCOTT CANNON BOWCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 129
- TIMOTHY EASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 1
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 5
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 7
- MICHAEL G SUDBOROUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 8
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 8
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- DAVID EUGENE MCLEMORESergeant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- PERCIE EDWARD OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · Panel 17E, Line 12
- ROGER DUANE ROSEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
- DENNIS BERNARD STOCKWELLCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 14
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 15
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.