patrol. Death and burial Flint was hit by a sniper's bullet as led the patrol into the shelter of a farmhouse during the fighting on the Saint-Lô-Périers road. Medical aid men and stretcher bearers evacuated him to a treatment area behind the lines, where Flint died the following day. He was buried at United States Military Cemetery No. 2 in Ste-Mere-Eglise, France. In 1948, Flint was reinterred at Section 2, Site 310 of Arlington National Cemetery. For the action in which he was killed, Flint received a second award of the Distinguished Service Cross. Family In August 1912, Flint married Sallie Helena Emery of Chelsea, Vermont, whom he met while both were students at St. Johnsbury Academy. They were the parents of a daughter, Sallie. References External links Arlington National Cemetery web page for "Paddy" Flint "Paddy: The Colorful Story of Colonel Harry A. "Paddy" Flint" by Robert A. Anderson 1888 births 1944 deaths United States Army Field Artillery Branch personnel Military personnel from Vermont People from Caledonia County, Vermont United States Army colonels United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army personnel killed in World War II United States Military Academy alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Air Corps Tactical School alumni Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Burials at Arlington National Cemetery