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CARVER JOE VAUGHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – December 27, 1970
Service recordCarver Joe Vaughan, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 12
- JERRY EDWARD HANCOCKLance Corporal · December 27, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 1970
- DAVID LEE TEMPLETONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK WILLIAM MCCANNSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 11
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.