Joe E. Vaughn
Home Town: Los Angeles, Texas
Silver Star
Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Joe E. Vaughn (2412465), Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company K, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, FIRST Marine Division, during combat operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 11 May 1969.