Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Laughlin, John September 6, 1918
WWI Co. A, 10th Machine Gun Battalion, A. E. F.
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John Laughlin Killed In Action In France
Maquoketa Excelsior-Record, September 6, 1918

John Laughlin Killed In Action in France

JOHN LAUGHLIN, was born Jan. 20, 1893, on the home farm in the northern part 
of Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa, the second son of Joseph and 
Annie Eichorn Laughlin, died Aug. 7, 1918, aged 25 years, six months and 
eighteen days. He left Maquoketa Sep. 21, 1917 with the first contingent of 
drafted men and sailed for  France the last of April. He was a young man 
dearly beloved by all and his death offered as a sacrifice that the rest of us 
may live in freedom and peace, has cast a gloom of sadness over the entire 
community where he spent his life until called to the service of his country. 
He is survived by his parents, five brothers and four sisters.


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