Name:
George Lavenson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1286510
Unit:
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airb
Date of Death:
1944-06-26
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Cambridge American cemetery, Cambridge, Engla
Plot:
Wall of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
LT Lavenson jumped on Normandy, June 6th, 44. On June 12th, 44, George Lavenson was seriously wounded in Carentan. He was treated in the field hospital close to Utah Beach, then medevaced to England. On July 26th, 44, together with 21 other men, he is further evacuated to the US. The plane goes down offshore and is lost.