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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��CAPTAIN ROWLAND A. McLAUGHLIN

Battery D, 3 1 4th Field Artillery, Eightieth Division. Died in a field hospital near Fluery, France, on October 14, 1918, from wounds received in action.

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Capt. R. A. Mclaughlin

��Captain McLaughlin was born in Leip- sic, Germany, of American parents. He received his education in the public schools of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Chi- cago, 111. He then entered Brown Univer- sity and immeditaely after his graduation in 1915, he was made executive secre- tary of the University, v^rhich position he retained until July 1, 1917, when he en- tered the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Upon being commis- sioned a first lieutenant, he was sent to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., where he re- mained until sailing for France v^^ith the 314th Field Artillery in May, 1918. After a course of training in an A. E. F. school, he returned to his company, which in the latter part of September w^as ordered to the Meuse sector, where he was so severely wounded that death re- sulted. He Viras promoted to the rank of captain in July, 1918. Captain Mc- Laughlin -was married on April II, 1917, to Miss Dorothy Dielhann of Masillon, Ohio, who, with one son, Rowland H. McLaughlin, aged one year, resides in

Chicago, 111. Captain McLaughlin's parents, Professor and Mrs. Andrew C. McLaughlin

of Chicago, are also living.

���SECOND LIEUTENANT BERNARD F. McMEEL

Company F, 9th Infantry, Second Division. Killed in action in the Second Battle of the Marne, on July 1 8, I 9 1 8.

��2nd Lt. BERNARD F. McMEEL

��Lieutenant McMeel was born in Meade, Kans., on May 24, 1892. He was edu- cated in the public schools and graduated from the Meade High School in 1912. He then attended the Kansas University at Lawrence, Kans., taking a two-year col- lege course, also a tvsfo-year law course; he also had one year military training at the University of Chicago previous to entering the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. He was a mem- ber of the 1st Company. Upon receiving his commission he w^as ordered overseas, sailing on January 4, 1918, unassigned. When he arrived in France he was given further training at the military school at Chatillon-sur-Seine; he was then assigned to Company E, 9th Infantry. He v^ras severely w^ounded April 14, 1918, in the Toul Sector. Upon sufficiently recover- ing, he was assigned to Company F, 9th Regiment, taking part in the battle of Belleau Woods and in the capture of Vaux, also in the Second Battle of the Marne, at which time he met instantaneous death. Lieutenant McMeel was unmarried. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. McMeel, who reside in Meade, Kans., his father is engaged in the merchandising business.

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