HARRINGTON, JOHN
Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Birth: Detroit,
Mich. Date of Issue: 4 November 1874. Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Birth: Detroit,
Mich. Date of Issue: 4 November 1874.
Citation:
While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his
comrades fought throughout the day. He was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move.
He continued to fight, defending an exposed dying man.
