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DONALD CHARLES VAUGHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – November 13, 1966
Service recordDonald Charles Vaughan, of Modesto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 69
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- JUAN TORRESLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL TYNERSergeant · November 13, 1966
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 65
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 65
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 66
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 66
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 66
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIS HATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 67
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 68
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 70
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.