Individual Details
Edward Adam CHAMPEAU
(6 Mar 1924 - 7 Oct 1943)
Events
| Birth | 6 Mar 1924 | Wisconsin, United States |  |  | |
| Military | 1942 - 1943 | PFC -- USMC -- Company C, 2nd Marine Division, | | | |
| Death | 7 Oct 1943 | New Zealand | | | |
| Alt name | Adam CHAMPEAU | ||||
| Burial | Holy Cross Church, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | |
Families
| Father | Adam CHAMPEAU (1888 - 1935) |
| Mother | Francis BELONGIE ( - ) |
| Sibling | Cecile "Cele" CHAMPEAU (1909 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Wilfrid H CHAMPEAU (1911 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Margaret CHAMPEAU (1913 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Moses CHAMPEAU (1916 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Grace M. CHAMPEAU (1918 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Joseph CHAMPEAU (1920 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Glenn D. CHAMPEAU (1930 - 2007) |
Notes
Birth
Age 5 in 1930.Military
Enlisted 19 Jan 1942. Died in service (accident) in New Zealand.Death
Died in service in the South Pacific, as the result of the accidental misfiring of a gun (NOT due to his own misconduct). For account, see Marine muster roll in weblink.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1089/33068_269918-00000?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1089%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=33068_269918-00416
Burial
Originally buried in the soldier section of Karori Cemetery in Wellington, New Zealand. His remains were later moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in Bay Settlement, Brown County, Wisconsin.Endnotes
1. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, enumeration district (ED) ED 5-54, sheet 4B, image 8, dwelling 78, family 81, lines 92-100, Adam Champeau and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 28 October 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1951-1954; Carroll, William A.-Chase, Harding; image 3122.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; memorial #84577145.
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1951-1954; Carroll, William A.-Chase, Harding; image 3122.
5. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; memorial #84577145.
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1951-1954; Carroll, William A.-Chase, Harding; image 3122.
7. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; memorial #84577145.
8. "U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward A. Champeau; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives in Washington, D.C; T977 - US Marine Corps Muster Rolls, Roll 679, image 417.
9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward Adam Champeau; memorial #84577145.
10. "U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 6 November 2014), Edward A. Champeau; Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives in Washington, D.C; T977 - US Marine Corps Muster Rolls, Roll 679, image 417.