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JOHN MYRON VAUGHN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Myron Vaughn, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 23
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RALPH MARTIN MAHONEYLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CECIL JOE MOSERStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.