I am ashamed that it took me so long to confirm this. Lieutenant Colonel McLaughlin was a First Lieutenant and my X.O. (Executive Officer) when I served with Battery A, 1/229th Field Artillery, Pa. Army National Guard. Here is his memorial:

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/1456380.html

When I heard that an officer named McLaughlin was killed last January I thought it was my former X.O. Please, keep track of your old units for your own sake, if for nothing else. I guess that until two weeks ago I was in some type of denial. He was an outstanding leader. Everyone called him El-T, (lt), as he had earned our respect. I would have followed him through places where angels fear to tread.

All of our fallen heroes are listed at militarycity.com I will remember and honor all of them.