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COUNCIL DELANO VAUGHAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1939 – November 15, 1970
Service recordCouncil Delano Vaughan, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 63
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1939
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 63
- JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLINSpecialist Five · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD WHITESpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- ROBERT GEORGE DRAPPSergeant · November 16, 1970
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
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.