She was a Nurse, and died in service for the USA during WW1.
Mentioned in Lettie Gavin, “American Women in World War I – They also served”, University Press of Colorado, 1997 (Appendix B)
HONOR ROLL : Died in the Service of Their Country
Irene Flynn July 13, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing, October 1918∼Death Place: 14 Jul 1918 Angers, France. Died at Age 23.
Birth:19 Jan 1895, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Entered service from Plantsville, Harford, CT
Her mother was widowed on the 1910 census and she was one of three daughters. In 1922, the memorial committee 1922 mention being unable to locate family any family members. She is not on any memorials or cemeteries grave locator resources maintained by the US Armed Forces. She has her name and a Gold Star in the Army Navy Building memorial in Washington DC. Newspaper accounts on August 21, 1918 report her as dead from disease.
Obituary source: Norwich bulletin. (Norwich, Conn.), 10 Aug. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Mentioned in Lettie Gavin, “American Women in World War I – They also served”, University Press of Colorado, 1997 (Appendix B)
HONOR ROLL : Died in the Service of Their Country
Irene Flynn July 13, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing, October 1918∼Death Place: 14 Jul 1918 Angers, France. Died at Age 23.
Birth:19 Jan 1895, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Entered service from Plantsville, Harford, CT
Her mother was widowed on the 1910 census and she was one of three daughters. In 1922, the memorial committee 1922 mention being unable to locate family any family members. She is not on any memorials or cemeteries grave locator resources maintained by the US Armed Forces. She has her name and a Gold Star in the Army Navy Building memorial in Washington DC. Newspaper accounts on August 21, 1918 report her as dead from disease.
Obituary source: Norwich bulletin. (Norwich, Conn.), 10 Aug. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
She was a Nurse, and died in service for the USA during WW1.
Mentioned in Lettie Gavin, “American Women in World War I – They also served”, University Press of Colorado, 1997 (Appendix B)
HONOR ROLL : Died in the Service of Their Country
Irene Flynn July 13, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing, October 1918∼Death Place: 14 Jul 1918 Angers, France. Died at Age 23.
Birth:19 Jan 1895, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Entered service from Plantsville, Harford, CT
Her mother was widowed on the 1910 census and she was one of three daughters. In 1922, the memorial committee 1922 mention being unable to locate family any family members. She is not on any memorials or cemeteries grave locator resources maintained by the US Armed Forces. She has her name and a Gold Star in the Army Navy Building memorial in Washington DC. Newspaper accounts on August 21, 1918 report her as dead from disease.
Obituary source: Norwich bulletin. (Norwich, Conn.), 10 Aug. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Mentioned in Lettie Gavin, “American Women in World War I – They also served”, University Press of Colorado, 1997 (Appendix B)
HONOR ROLL : Died in the Service of Their Country
Irene Flynn July 13, 1918 France
Source : American Journal of Nursing, October 1918∼Death Place: 14 Jul 1918 Angers, France. Died at Age 23.
Birth:19 Jan 1895, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Entered service from Plantsville, Harford, CT
Her mother was widowed on the 1910 census and she was one of three daughters. In 1922, the memorial committee 1922 mention being unable to locate family any family members. She is not on any memorials or cemeteries grave locator resources maintained by the US Armed Forces. She has her name and a Gold Star in the Army Navy Building memorial in Washington DC. Newspaper accounts on August 21, 1918 report her as dead from disease.
Obituary source: Norwich bulletin. (Norwich, Conn.), 10 Aug. 1918. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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