they must have an error, though, he is too young to have served in WWII, I think, my Mom is 88, 89 in Oct, she was Navy 44 to 46
Vaught being 86, I think he would only have been stateside for any time there, or still in college
He would have been 18 in 1945. He easily could have lied about his age and joined in 1943.
I know because my Uncle lied about his age and joined in 1942 at age 15.
If this is correct, he would have hit 18 on Nov 3, 1944.