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HERBERT LEE VAUGHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1942 – May 25, 1968
Service recordHerbert Lee Vaughn, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 6
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAMES THURMONDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS DUANE WEHRSLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BERNARD MARCELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 6
- BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLSSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 4
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.