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Personal info

Full name
MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick Francis
Date of birth
16 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31017873
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 18 22

Immediate family

Members
William McLaughlin (father)
Bridget McLaughlin (mother)
James J. McLaughlin (brother)
Catherine McLaughlin (sister)
John McLaughlin (brother)
Mary B. McLaughlin (sister)

More information

Sgt Patrick F. McLaughlin attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 26 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McLaughlin Family Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

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