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ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – May 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Vaughn JR, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Collegeville, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 73
- JOHNNIE BOWEN WESTERVELTFireman · May 21, 1969
- GERALD LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · May 22, 1969
- EARL PETER BEECHINGPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 64
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- JERRY JOSEPH KOCANDA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 67
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 70
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 71
From Collegeville
- RICHARD WILLIS MINNICH JRLieutenant Commander · January 4, 1968
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.