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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Wilburn Fred Vaught.

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WILBURN FRED VAUGHT

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

October 25, 1931 – May 13, 1968

Service record

Wilburn Fred Vaught, of Orange Grove, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thailand, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 59E · Line 23

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
October 25, 1931
Home of record
Orange Grove, Texas (Jim Wells County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 13, 1968
Age
36
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Weapons

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What was happening

101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

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From Orange Grove

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.