Marston Folsom Sargent
MilitaryAssigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. Killed in Action (KIA) 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 7 May 1942 | |
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Died |
50360 Picauville, France | 6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. Killed in Action (KIA) 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133. |
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Buried |
50360 Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Interred Field Burial Picauville |
| Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA | |||
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Born |
Newton, Massachusetts, USA | Son of George B and Olive F Sargent. | |
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Based |
Upottery | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. |
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