Who was the first soldier to die on d day?

Lt. Dennis Brotheridge was the first Allied soldier to die on D-Day. He also killed the first German on D-Day. Brotheridge, of the Oxfordshire and Bucks. Light Infantry Regt. of the British 6th Airborne, landed with his 28 troops in a glider at 0016. At about 0020 they were challenged by a German sentry, 17 year old Private Helmut Rohmer. Brotheridge shot him with his Sten gun, and just a minute or two later was shot himself by a German machine gun. He died at 0023 on D-Day.