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Personal info

Full name
CHAMP, Arthur Dexter
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Flint, Randolph County, West Virginia
Hometown
Bemis, Randolph County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
O-771303
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
545th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 17

Immediate family

Members
Dexter M. Champ (father)
Daisy M. (Holley) Champ (mother)
Carl Champ (brother)
Robert Champ (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-8409
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Zeitz, Germany
Mission: Bombing Synthetic Oil Refinery
MACR: 11128

More information

1st Lt Arthur D. Champ enlisted in Sacramento, California, on 24 March 1941.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Wintersdorf, Germany on 14 December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.8thafhs.com,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo / Melodie Storm Pittman, www.ancestry.com - darren champ