Joe B. Champion

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol — Harrisburg, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 15, 1936

Age 36

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Joe Champion was killed in an automobile crash while on patrol in Middlesex Township, Butler County. Another vehicle struck his patrol car. He succumbed to his injuries two days later. Sergeant Champion had served with the U.S Marine Corps and with the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol for almost 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Champion gave the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity pshp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 15, 1936

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Joe B. Champion served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Joe B. Champion is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol, 10 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

of 18 officers

55.6% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident