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JAMES LLOYD VAUGHAN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 5, 1924 – July 8, 1972
Service recordJames Lloyd Vaughan, of Huntsville, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 5, 1924
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Arkansas (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1972
- Age
- 48
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 54
- BOBBY BLAKE WHITECorporal · October 28, 1971
- JOHN PARM CARR IIISpecialist Five · October 29, 1971
- JIMMY LAWRENCE HAYNESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- LINUS LABIN OAKLEYSergeant · October 29, 1971
- GENE WALLACE STOCKMANSergeant First Class · October 29, 1971
From Huntsville
- BOBBY GENE MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- TERRY LYNN GILLIAMCorporal · July 19, 1969
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.