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JOSEPH DOUGLAS VAUGHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 21, 1951 – July 15, 1970
Service recordJoseph Douglas Vaughn, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 21
- JERRELL DAVID SCROGGSSeaman · July 15, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER L SHAEFFERSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
- NELSON PAYNE TUTTLEFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1970
- FRED GERALD VANDIVERSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD REYES DIAZSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 20
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.