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VAUGHN ORMON DOTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordVaughn Ormon Doty, of Rainbow Lake, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Rainbow Lake, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 82
- NORMAN DALE EATONColonel · January 13, 1969
- PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSONSergeant · January 13, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT GETCHELLLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 85
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.