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MILTON LEE VAUGHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1944 – August 27, 1966
Service recordMilton Lee Vaughan, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 52
- JOHN ELMO WATSONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JOHN EUGEN BODENSCHATZ JRStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL TAYLORCorporal · August 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAKSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMACSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 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.