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Personal info

Full name
VAUGHAN, Ashby Joseph
Date of birth
19 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37635149
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Altwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 32 51

Immediate family

Members
Ashby T. Vaughan (father)
Ellen M. (Beahan) Vaughan (mother)
George T. Vaughan (brother)
Woodrow J. Vaughan (brother)
Edward Vaughan (brother)
Doris L. Vaughan (sister)
Erma M. (Dieterichs) Vaughan (wife)
Phyllis Vaughan (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ashby J. Vaughan attended high school for four years and was employed at the American Tel & Tel Company before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his femur and arm.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rutan Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times 12 December 1944
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