George SARASIN

1918 - 1995  (76 years)

• Name	George SARASIN  [1]
  Birth	5 Apr 1918	Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6A52F58676204057A1855A3D0CDE3DA5EDFA
  Military Service	6 Jun 1944	USA   [1]
  	United States Army
  	Wounded on Omaha Beach, Calvados Département, Basse-Normandie (Lower-Normandy) Region, France. The after-action report of Company "H", 116th Infantry is as follows: "This detachment came onto the beach at "H-Hour" plus 30 minutes, but failed to find the unit it was supposed to support.  The detachment consisted of 38 men in 2 boats, with one machine-gun section & one squad of mortars.  The men reached the high-water line without difficulty, but here the Machine-Gun Sergeant was killed, and the officer in charge of the detachment, Lieutenant Sarasin, was wounded."
  Military Service Era	6 Jun 1944
  	World War II
  Occupation	Postal carrier  [1]
  Occupation	United States Army, 116th Infantry, Company "H"  [1]
  Death	2 Jan 1995  [1]
  Burial	1995	St. John's Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I5932	MOTYER Family Genealogy - NitroWings Test
  Last Modified	24 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna RAFFERTY,   b. 16 Jan 1917   d. 24 Mar 2002 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F2010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Apr 1918 - Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA Burial - 1995 - St. John's Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] GERBINO, Richard, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], Internet: eMail: GERBINO, Richard, 11 Apr 2015 (Reliability: 3).