PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ALFORD L. MCLAUGHLIN MEMORIAL PLAQAUE
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Listing Details
Location: LEEDS HISTORICAL PARK-MONTEVALLO ROAD AND CLEVELAND STREET
City: LEEDS
State: Alabama
Zip Code: 35094
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques
Year Dedicated: 2002
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: KOREAN WAR
Photograph By: TIM CARR
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
WHILE SERVING AS A MACHINE GUNNER WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN KOREA HOSTILE FORCES ATTACKED HIS POSITION IN BATTALION STRENGTH DURING THE NIGHT. MCLAUGHLIN MAINTAINED A CONSTANT FLOW OF DEVASTATING FIRE UPON THE ENEMY. ACCOUNTING FOR AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ENEMY DEAD AND FIFTY WOUNDED.
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