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KELLY PATRICK VAUGHN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1949 – March 21, 1969
Service recordKelly Patrick Vaughn, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 5
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 5
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- PHILIP BRUCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- JOHN JUAN VALEROSergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN MARTIN BERNSTEINCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RICHARD BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 3
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.