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PFC James D McLaughlin

Birth: 29 Dec 1923
Death: 20 Apr 1945 (aged 21)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial: Mount Hebron Cemetery

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.8563271, Longitude: -74.196434
Memorial ID: 145202357 View Source

Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed,
three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
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Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN 12164652.

Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed,
three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
~
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN 12164652.

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PFC, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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Created by: Tim Cook
Added: Apr 18, 2015
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145202357/james_d-mclaughlin: accessed ), memorial page for PFC James D McLaughlin (29 Dec 1923–20 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145202357, citing Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).

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