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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
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Incident Details
Sergeant Kenneth Morley Laughland is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Morley Laughland's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth Morley Laughland Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Morley Laughland is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Whitehorse, YT.
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