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DONALD SYLVESTER VAUGHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordDonald Sylvester Vaughan, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 123
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS GERALD STREETLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- HUBERT OWEN TH-UOTSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- HAROLD TIMOTHY VAUGHTLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOLINASpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 120
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.