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ROBERT REDDINGTON VAUGHAN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 26, 1931 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Reddington Vaughan, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 14, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT
- Born
- October 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28E, Line 5
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.