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RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1944 – December 6, 1967
Service recordRichard William Vaughn, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 18, 1944
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 55
- BERT VELEZCorporal · December 6, 1967
- JAMES LEE WADE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- NATHAN MONROE WHITEGunnery Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · December 6, 1967
From San Luis Obispo
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 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.