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ROBERT LESTER VAUGHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1949 – December 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Lester Vaughan, of Ridgefield, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 83
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Ridgefield, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 83
- ROBERT MICHAEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS ALLISON VARNER JRCorporal · December 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN WEBSTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
From Ridgefield
- ARTHUR HARRIS DYVIG JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID WALLACE BAKERSergeant · September 18, 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.