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Paul Benton Vaughn, Jr.

Paul Benton Vaughn, Jr.

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Coxswain
Service Number 845 66 76
Birth Date January 4, 1925
From Lenoir City, Tennessee
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Claudia Vaughn, mother, via Claudia Harrell and Jim Converse.

 

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