World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Neil George Champoux
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Canandaigua, New York
Honored By
Robert Neil Coe, Jr.
Relationship
Grandnephew
11TH MARINE CORPS RAIDER BATTALION, ECHO COMPANY. BATTLES: GUADALCANAL AND TALAGI. KILLED IN ACTION DEFENDING EDSON'S RIDGE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1942. RANK: SERGEANT; MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (CUBA); MEDALS: PURPLE HEART, FOR MORTAL WOUNDS RECEIVED IN COMBAT.