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Fallen WWII soldier from Iowa laid to rest on 81st anniversary of D-Day
CINCINNATI, Iowa — A fallen WWII soldier from Iowa was laid to rest on the 81st anniversary of D-Day Friday.
U.S. Army Private James. L. Harrington from Cincinnati, Iowa was just 21-years-old when he and his fellow soldiers were sent to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Harrington and the roughly 200 other soldiers were aboard Landing Craft Infantry 92 when it struck an underwater mine and burst into flames. The craft was also being hit by enemy artillery fire, which caused an explosion. There were no survivors.
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During a search of the burned craft a few days later, several unidentifiable remains were recovered. The remains were later buried in the United States Military Cemetery St. Laurent-sur-Mer.
In 2021 the unidentified remains were exhumed and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Laboratory for analysis. In August 2023, some of the remains recovered from the wreckage of the LCI 92 were identified as belonging to Harrington.
Eighty-one years after his death, Harrington was buried with full military honors in his hometown of Cincinnati next to his mother and his grandparents.
Governor Kim Reynolds ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday to honor Harrington.
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