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Personal info

Full name
LAUGHTON, Benjamin Franklin Jr
Date of birth
5 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Hometown
Escambia County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34912180
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grooshau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 21 12

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Laughton (father)
Leola B. (Davis) Laughton (mother)
Mary F. Laughton (sister)
Ernestine O. (Wicker) Laughton (wife)
Norma L. Laughton (daughter)
Loma J. Laughton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Benjamin F. Laughton attended Pensacola High School and was employed at a local store.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 17 March 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Curtis Wayne Norton Jr. (grandson), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Norma Lou Laughton Staley (daughter)