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MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – June 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Vaughan, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 32
- JOSE HERIBERTO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- DONALD LEROY WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- ANDREW BATTIESTCorporal · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · Panel 55W, Line 28
- KENT FROEMMING MILLERMajor · Panel 55W, Line 29
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
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.