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Personal info

Full name
CHAMPAGNE, Wilfred Joseph
Date of birth
9 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31447043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Puzieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 57

Immediate family

Members
Hormisdas Champagne (father)
Alphonsine Champagne (mother)
Jeanette Champagne (sister)
Rene Champagne (brother)
Leo Champagne (brother)
Alan Champagne (brother)
Roland Champagne (brother)
Raymond Champagne (brother)
Dorothy Champagne (sister)
Therese Champagne (sister)
Bernadette Champagne (sister)
Cecil J. Champagne (brother)
Simone Champagne (wife)
Gertrude Champagne (daughter)

More information

Pfc Wilfred J. Champagne was a baker employed by the Romeo Rondeau Backery before he enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 18 November 1943.
He was killed by bullets in the head and shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas