Champlin, John Robert

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Title: Champlin, John Robert
Gender: Male
Member: Champlin family
Birth date: 1 Jul 1928
Place of birth: Burlington (Ky.)
Father: Champlin, William Nelson
Mother: Hodges, Ila
Life event(s): Marriage: 1947; location unknown
Spouse(s): Smith, Audrey Mae
Death date: 18 Mar 1971
Place of death: Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Death and burial information: Cause of death: Artillery/mortar; Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Erlanger, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Burner (1960); Armor crewman (1970)
Employed by: Pearl McGlenver (1946); A.R. Welding Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) (1960); United States Army (1970)
Military service: B Troop, 1st Battalion, 1st Cavalry Squadron, 23rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Staff Sergeant
Service began: 20 Jul 1948
Service ended: 18 Mar 1971; Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Next of kin: Champlin, George K.
Resided in: Bullittsville (Ky.); Hebron (Ky.); Cincinnati (Ohio); Union (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation(s): Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1960, page 214; FindAGrave.com, memorial #213209086; FindAGrave.com, memorial #228545638 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial)
Source(s): Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998; U.S., Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981; Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-Current; Register of Vietnam War Casualties from Kentucky; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970; Find A Grave.com

Item sets: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County