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Members of the 54th Volunteer Regiment Honor Guard from Milford, Ma. carried his casket into the Waring-Sullivan Funeral Home in Swansea. Below, Harrington's sister, Elizabeth Harrington, 21, left, Harrington's widow, Faith, and an Army staff sergeant watch as his the casket is taken into the funeral home. Providence Journal photos / Frieda Squires

The body of Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Harrington returned to southern New England Sunday morning.

Harrington's body arrived at T.F.Green Airport Sunday morning around 9 a.m.

From Warwick, it was transported to the Waring-Sullivan Funeral Home in Swansea, where 32 members of the Patriot Guard Riders lined the driveway bearing American Flags.

Members of the 54th Volunteer Regiment Honor Guard, from Milford, Ma., carried Harrington's casket into the funeral home.

Harrington's father, Dennis Harrington of Cranston, released a statement expressing hope that his son's fellow soldiers "find peace within their hearts" and come home safely.

Harrington died Jan. 24, in Basra, Iraq, when someone in his unit backed over him with a forklift.

Watch a video of the arrival of Harrington's casket in Swansea

Watch a video of Elizabeth Harrington remembering her brother

Post a tribute to Staff Sgt. Kyle Harrington

Read our continuing report on Southern New Englanders who have died in Iraq

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