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DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – May 11, 1970
Service recordDaniel Joseph Vaughan, of Lompoc, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Subsystem Mechanic (45M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 20
- DANNY JOE TAULBEESpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR VERNOSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- ROY LEE WILSONCorporal · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH W CUNNINGHAM JRSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 19
- SCOTT EUGENE SUTHERLANDSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 19
- DANNY JOE TAULBEESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 20
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 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.