Robert Meglaughlin was born about 1907 in Northern Ireland. Robert emigrated to the United States. He enlisted in New York.he was working as a construction foreman. Private Robert McLaughlin was serving with 109th Engineer Combat Battalion, 34th Infantry Division in Italy when he was killed on 5th November 1943. At that time he was checking for mines and booby-traps in an area Southwest of Santa Maria Olivetto when he stood on an S Mine.
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Robert Meglaughlin is recorded by the U.S. Army as McLaughlin.
Robert Meglaughlin was born about 1907 in Northern Ireland
Robert emigrated to the United States.
Robert Meglaughlin enlisted (under the name McLaughlin) in the U.S. Army at 2032 Albany, New York on 18th June 1942. He was living in Dutchess, New York at the time working as a construction foreman.
Private Robert McLaughlin was serving with 109th Engineer Combat Battalion, 34th Infantry Division in Italy when he was killed on 5th November 1943. At that time he was checking for mines and booby-traps in an area Southwest of Santa Maria Olivetto when he stood on an S Mine.
The German S-mine was the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. When triggered, these mines are launched into the air and then detonated at about 1 meter (3 ft) from the ground. The explosion projects a lethal spray of shrapnel in all directions. The S-mine was an anti-personnel mine developed by Germany in the 1930s and used extensively by German forces during World War II. It was designed to be used in open areas against unshielded infantry.
Private Robert Meglaughlin is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
