Jake McLaughlin
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Jacob Adam McLaughlin (born October 7, 1982) is an American soldier and actor. He is most famous for playing Gordon Bonner in Paul Haggis's In the Valley of Elah. McLaughlin starred as Tate in the short lived spring 2014 NBC series Believe. He also co-starred as Ryan Booth in the ABC thriller series Quantico.

McLaughlin is the son of John P. McLaughlin, of Irish descent, and wife Rebecca Kay De Victoria, of Cheyenne and Irish descent.

He attended Notre Dame Catholic School and Chico High School in Chico, Butte County, California. He moved to Southern California and obtained a GED from North Hollywood High, North Hollywood, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

McLaughlin joined the United States Army as a Dismount Infantry Squad Automatic Weapon Gunner in 2002. He was part of the 3rd Infantry Division. His unit was one of the first to enter Baghdad. NBC reporter David Bloom died while embedded with McLaughlin's unit. He served in Iraq and was critically injured. For his efforts, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and the Army Achievement Medal four times for his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom, but, despite having been critically wounded, he was so far never awarded the Purple Heart. He was featured in Soldier of Fortune magazine. He is mentioned in David Zucchino's 2004 book Thunder Rün.