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THOMAS EUGENE CHAMPAGNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1949 – September 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Champagne, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 81
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 81
- ROBERT RICHARD BAADE IILance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- DONALD WALTER CHURCHWELLSergeant · September 14, 1969
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 14, 1969
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 83
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 84
- GALE STEWART PRITCHARDSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 85
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.