Thomas Edminson Vaughn
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Thomas Edminson Vaughn

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch November 8, 1940
Age 51
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Ted Vaughn was killed in an automobile crash while on duty near South Pittsburg, Tennessee.

Special Agent Vaughn was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWI and had served with the United States Secret Service for five years.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Special Agent Vaughn gave the United States Department of the Treasury 5 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtusssfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1940
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Thomas Edminson Vaughn served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Thomas is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1940, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Thomas was 51. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Thomas had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 15.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service has 26 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

Special Agent Thomas Edminson Vaughn

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service · End of Watch November 8, 1940

Military Service

Thomas Edminson Vaughn served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 1-E

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