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WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPION
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordWayne William Champion, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 32
- DAVID RAYMOND CARUSOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD CASH JRCorporal · May 12, 1968
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 3
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 9
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.