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RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordRaymond Walter Vaughan JR, of Oakville, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 25
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakville, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- EDWARD RAY SARGENTCorporal · September 2, 1969
From Oakville
- CLINTON ARNOLD SMITHSergeant · March 15, 1967
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
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.