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DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – October 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Franklin Vaughan, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 53
- SAMUEL ALLEN AMEYSpecialist Four · October 28, 1971
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · October 28, 1971
- JAMES CLARK WAYNEColonel · October 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ALLEN AMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 53
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 53
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 53
- BOBBY BLAKE WHITECorporal · Panel 2W, Line 54
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
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.