Korean War
Service # | 14369506 |
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Unit | C CO 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM |
Rank | Private First Class U.S. Army |
Date of Death | July 7 1951 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Honolulu Memorial |
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Vaughn was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Vaughn was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Undam-Jang, North Korea on April 23, 1951 and died while a prisoner on July 7, 1951. PFC Vaughn's remains were recovered and identified in 2016. Interment at a private cemetery in Union, SC. PFC Vaughn's name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.