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HOWARD JAMES VAUGHAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordHoward James Vaughan, of Diamond, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Diamond, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 54
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT FRED SCHNEBELSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 47
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 52
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.