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THOMAS CECIL VAUGHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – February 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Cecil Vaughan, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; ten of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 33
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- FRANCIS SAN NICOLAS TORRESergeant · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT EMMETT TYNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLAIR FOSTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 17
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 18
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 18
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 21
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 21
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 21
- RONNIE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 22
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 23
- DONALD FISHER MARSHALL IISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- WALTER MARCELLU PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 28
- CARL ALLAN RATTEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 29
- WILLIAM ROBERT SEIBERTSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 30
- JERRY DONALD SISCO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- ENRIQUE LORENZO SOLIZSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
- JAMES ROBERT WEBSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.