Kenneth Morley Laughland
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Sergeant

Kenneth Morley Laughland

Undetermined
End of Watch July 13, 1963
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Sgt. Laughland was born in Manitoba. Most of his service was in British Columbia but he transferred to Whitehorse in 1962. He was the head pilot of the Whitehorse Air Section. Sgt. Laughland and three other members died in an RCMP aircraft which crashed when attempting to land at Carmacks, Yukon Territory. Sgt. Laughland was married to Denise and they had a daughter and a son. He is buried at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens in Nanaimo, BC. Sergeant Kenneth Morley Laughland Sergeant Kenneth Morley Laughland Inscription on Grave marker

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Morley Laughland served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Morley Laughland.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1963
Age 31
Gender Male
Born May 9, 1932

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Whitehorse, YT

Sergeant Kenneth Morley Laughland is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 73.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
236
of 333 officers
70.9% Undetermined
ON — Statewide
266
of 364 officers
73.1% Undetermined
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Morley Laughland's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Kenneth Morley Laughland Compares

Age at Death
31
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 34.2 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Morley Laughland is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
30
Feb
17
Mar
23
Apr
27
May
30
Jun
35
Jul
32
Aug
30
Sep
24
Oct
32
Nov
23
Dec
31

Incident Location

Whitehorse, YT.