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CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1944 – August 26, 1966
Service recordClifton Floyd Vaughn, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 47
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES E HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Five · August 26, 1966
- CARY MICHAEL KISHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 46
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 46
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CARY MICHAEL KISHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- DONALD VEARL STEINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 48
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
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.