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RONNIE GORDON VAUGHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1952 – January 21, 1971
Service recordRonnie Gordon Vaughan, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 60
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 8, 1952
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 60
- LARRY DAVID BEANStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
- ROG JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 22, 1971
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.