John E. McLauchlen Jr.

World War II
Service #0-797160
Unit436th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of DeathFebruary 4 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Second Lieutenant John E. McLauchlen, Jr. were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.