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WILLIAM OREL VAUGHN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – December 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Orel Vaughn, of Jamestown, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Tennessee (Fentress County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 112
- THOMAS EDWARD SOMASpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL STOTSBERYStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- GERALD CLIFFORD SWAYZECaptain · December 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD TOWNLEY SRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 110
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 111
From Jamestown
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS OWENSSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- GEORGE RONALD CRABTREEPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
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.