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Personal info

Full name
MCGAUGHEY, Robert Frederick
Date of birth
5 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Scottsville, Mitchell County, Kansas
Hometown
Randall, Jewell County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37739706
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 39

Immediate family

Members
Fred McGaughey (father)
Edna C. (Brewer) McGaughey (mother)
Max B. McGaughey (brother)
Juanita M. McGaughey (sister)
Virginia L. McGaughey (sister)
Lula B. McGaughey (sister)
Jay S. McGaughey (brother)
Donnas D. McGaughey (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert F. McGaughey graduated from Randall High School in 1943 and worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 7 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the head.

S/Sgt McGaughey is remembered at Scottsville Cemetery in Scottsville, Mitchell County, Kansas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten