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The remains of Pvt. James Lee Harrington, killed in action on D-Day, have been identified and will be buried in Iowa.

Harrington, 21, died aboard a landing craft that was hit by enemy fire and a mine.

A funeral with full military rites will be held in Cincinnati, Iowa, on June 6, 2025, 81 years after his death.

After 81 years, Pvt. James Lee Harrington is finally coming home.

Harrington, 21, was a Cincinnati, Iowa, native who fought in World War II and died in the landing of the beaches at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Harrington’s remains were identified in 2023 using a combination of anthropological and DNA analysis, according to a news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

He will be buried Friday, June 6, next to his mother and grandparents

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