Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin
(1887-1918)
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Private Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Canopic
Private Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin's parent's gravestone, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin's parent's gravestone, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin
Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin
[Records revealed that N. B. Laughlin, as recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, was Cleveland soldier Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin who died in WWI, whose profile is below.]
[Records revealed that N. B. Laughlin, as recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, was Cleveland soldier Nicholas Benjamin Laughlin who died in WWI, whose profile is below.]
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 6/5/1887, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 6/5/1887, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3188 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 30 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupations included Fireman, Driver, Clerk, and at the time of draft registration a Salesman at National Biscuit Co. [not headquartered in Cleveland, but had a large industrial plant located near E. 83rd and Woodland, and company later known as Nabisco] at the corner of Central and Woodland; claimed mother as a dependent
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair blond
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 2657732
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Canopic; brother Frank J. Laughlin deployed on the same ship on the same day
Action:
Death: October 4, 1918 at age 31; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 4, 1918 at age 31; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/9/1918 buried locally after death at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 4/19/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 6/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NY aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. Ella Gallagher Laughlin, 3344 W. 100th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/19/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH after services at St. Ignatius Church [no grave location or gravestone photo on cemetery website - see parents' gravestone at left]
Burial: 10/9/1918 buried locally after death at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 4/19/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 6/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NY aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. Ella Gallagher Laughlin, 3344 W. 100th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/19/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH after services at St. Ignatius Church [no grave location or gravestone photo on cemetery website - see parents' gravestone at left]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Ella Gallagher Laughlin, mother, 3344 W. 100th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John J. Gallagher (1853-1907), born Canada [also recorded as Ohio] of Irish ancestry, occupation Grocer, died before WWI, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Ella Gallagher Laughlin (1856-1931), born New York of Irish ancestry, had 6 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
Brothers Frank J. Laughlin and John J. Laughlin served in WWI and were honorably discharged in 1919.
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