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

Remarks: Photo courtesy of Claudia Vaughn, mother, via Claudia Harrell and Jim Converse.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Tang (SS-306)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Tang (SS-306)

Find a Grave Memorial: Cox Paul Benton Vaughn Jr (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)