Name:
Harry Campbell Preston
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
20th Aero Squadron
Date of Death:
1918-09-26
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Plot:
B
Row:
17
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Comments:
Lt. Harry C. Preston was an American aviator attached to the 20th Aero Squadron in 1918. On September 26, 1918, Lt. Preston, flying in the same DH4 bomber as Lt. Philip N. Rhinelander, was shot down and killed by German aviators of the Richthofen Squadron near the town of Murville, France.