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JOHN CARL VAUGHN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 27, 1944 – June 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Carl Vaughn, of Satellite Beach, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 36
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Satellite Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 36
- RANDOLPH MARTIN VANHOOKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- GEORGE OLIVER WILKERSONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1970
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · June 10, 1970
From Satellite Beach
- KENNETH KEITH EPLEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 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.