WWII · Battle Death Record
Vincent Harrington
Major, U.S. Army Air Forces · Iowa
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Vincent Harrington
- Entered the Service From
- Iowa
- Rank
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Unit / Regiment
- Headquarters, IX Troop Carrier Command
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- November 29, 1943
- Awards
- Legion of Merit
- Burial / Memorial
- Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, England
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 6, Grave 30
Their story
Vincent F. Harrington was a U.S. Representative from Iowa who resigned from Congress in 1942 to serve full-time in the U.S. Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of Major with Headquarters, IX Troop Carrier Command. He died on November 29, 1943, after being stricken by a heart attack while at an officers' club in Rutland, England, while on active duty. He is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery in England.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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