Ervin H. Laaker............Private

    Son of H. William and Anna Mary Laaker; born December 3, 1892, Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana. Moved to Dearborn County in 1908. Farmer. Called into service June 26, 1918, Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Sent to Camp Sherman, Ohio. Embarked for overseas September 4, 1918; assigned to Company C, 335th Infantry, 91st Division. Died of pneumonia October 30, 1918. Buried in American Cemetery, Ravigny, Meuse, France. The American Legion Post, Dillsboro, Indiana is named the Laaker-Northcutt Post.