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First Name: Louis

Last Name: Vaughan

Birthplace: Tampa, FL, US

Gender: Male

Branch: Coast Guard (1790 - present)

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Home of Record: Tampa, FL
Middle Name: Franklin



Date of Birth: 24 January 1900

Date of Death: 26 September 1918

Rank or Rate: Seaman

Years Served: 19
Louis Franklin Vaughan

    
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)
Biography:

Louis Franklin Vaughan
Seaman, United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard seaman and acting yeoman who was lost during the sinking of USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) in the Bristol Channel off of England on September 26, 1918. All hands were lost at sea and only three bodies were recovered. On november 11, 1999, the 111-man crew was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Honoree ID: 14656   Created by: MHOH

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