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DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHAN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1944 – May 20, 1969
Service recordDouglas Dean Vaughan, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- April 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 62
- JOSEPH CHARLES STONEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- PASQUALE TORRECorporal · May 20, 1969
From Arlington Heights
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- ROBERT ERLE BARDACHPetty Officer Second Class · October 14, 1967
- DANIEL RICHARD SCHUERENCaptain · February 25, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL DABBERTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
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.