Ronnie
Gordon
Vaughan
Personal Data:
Birth Date: March 8, 1952
Birth Place: Mobile, Alabama
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
U.S. Citizen: Yes
Father's Name: Charles G. Vaughan
Mother's Name: Odelia Rita (Cote) Vaughan
Sibling Names:
Brenda (Vaughan) (Carlin) DiLuzio; Mary (Vaughan) McIntire; Joseph Vaughan; Edward Vaughan; Rose (Vaughan) Papineau; John Vaughan; Linda (Vaughan) Whalen
Marital Status: Single
Education:
School Attended: Margaret C. Ells School, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: February 12, 1962
School Attended: Indian Orchard Elementary School, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: September 4, 1963
School Attended: Buckingham Junior High School, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: September 9, 1964
School Attended: Van Sickle Junior High School, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: February 3, 1966
School Attended: High School of Commerce, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: September 6, 1967 (disenrolled February 16, 1968)
School Attended: Technical High School, Springfield, Massachusetts
School Start Date: May 1968 [disenrolled November 1968]
High School Diploma: No
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Military Service Record:
Entry Date:
Entry Mode: Enlistment
Entry Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Home Of Record: Springfield, Massachusetts
Military Branch: Marine Corps
Military Component: Regular
Rank: Lance Corporal
Rank Abbrev: LCPL
Pay Grade: E3
MOS: 1371
MOS Title: Combat Engineer
Awards Received:
National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Length Of Service: 1 year
Southeast Asia Tour Data:
Date Tour Commenced: June 20, 1970
Division: Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Regiment: 7th Engineering Battalion
Battalion: Maintenance Battalion
Company: Company A (Reinforced)
Army Campaign Number: 13th
Army Campaign Name: Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Casualty Data:
Casualty Date: January 21, 1971
Casualty Time: 1410
Casualty Age: 18
Casualty Data 1: Non-Hostile
Casualty Data 2: Ground Casualty
Casualty Data 3: Drowned, Suffocated
Casualty Province: Quang Nam Province
Casualty Country: South Vietnam
Located In Or Near: Camp Haskins, North Red Beach area
Body: Recovered
Burial/Memorial:
Burial Location:
St. Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts, then reinterred in Gates of Heaven Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
Burial Plot Location: A Row 101 #3
Burial Date: February 1, 1971
Consigned Funeral Home: Byron Funeral Home, Springfield, Massachusetts
Escort Name: LCPL Michael Ferrieira, USMC
Springfield 50 Casualty Order: 48th
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel Number: 05W
Line Number: 60
(Special thanks to Mary (Vaughan)
McIntire)
