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DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1934 – October 4, 1964
Service recordDelbert Lee Vaughn JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 2, 1934
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 65
- THOMAS ARTHUR BAINPrivate First Class · October 7, 1964
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 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
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 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.