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DENNIS WAYNE VAUGHN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDennis Wayne Vaughn, of Wartburg, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Wartburg, Tennessee (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- HERBERT GORDAN TAYLORCorporal · September 27, 1968
- VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBBCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALLEN WOODSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 34
From Wartburg
- REXIE LEO ARMESSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALAN LOVELACEFirst Sergeant · November 4, 1967
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.