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Archie
Lee
Vaughan
KIA (WWII)

Home:

Kingsburg

, 

California

Buried: 

Manila

, 

Philippine Islands

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Manila

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Machinist’s Mate

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hull

    Action Date:

    December 18, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 349 (April 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Machinist’s Mate Archie Lee Vaughan (NSN: 3758701), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct as Chief of the Watch of the Engineering Plant aboard the U.S.S. HULL in the Philippine Sea on 18 December 1944.