Richard H. Vaughan (-1918)

Richard Vaughan was a member of the Law School class of 1918 at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A "long, lanky, and lean" man from Royersford in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he was a member of Delta Chi fraternity and also served as class vice president in his "middler" year.

Vaughan served in Company A, 111th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces and was "mentioned in dispatches" for his actions at Fismette in France, August 1918. The citation read, in part, that Vaughan, though already "severely gassed" and wounded in the scalp on August 9, showed "extraordinary heroism" in refusing "to be evacuated and continued to command his platoon for four days until relieved." The official dispatch concluded that by Vaughan's "bravery and encouragement to his men he exemplified the highest qualities of leadership." He was later killed in action.

More information about other Dickinson war casualties can be found through the online project "In Remembrance" (see link for related entries below).