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VAUGHN LEROY DEXTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordVaughn Leroy Dexter, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 100
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
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 100
- ARTHUR EMILE DEMERS JRCorporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ALAN LEE DIEDRICKSENCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOHERTYSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 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.