U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division, 60th Infantry Regiment PFC Rawleigh E. Fisk 19096997 Killed In Action - June 29th 1944 Buried at: Plot E Row 9 Grave 28 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France |
Grave marker, above photo. Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the center. Once a permanent stone marker could be erected, the original wooden cross would be removed and destroyed by incineration. This grave plate was found in Normandy France in the 1990s at the site of the temporary marker destruction area. |
SERVICE HISTORY OF RAWLEIGH E. FISK PFC Rawleigh E. Fisk was born in 1920. He entered the service from Spokane Washington on August 5th 1942. He served with the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On June 11, 1944, the 60th Infantry Regiment debarked at Utah Beach on the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, France. On June 12, 1944, driving hard toward the St. Colombe in France, the 2nd Battalion, 60th Regiment completely outdistanced the rest of the 9th Division. For a time, the unit was even believed to be lost, but actually the battalion had overrun the German defenses in the face of murderous fire and had cut the main highway to the northwest. Instead of withdrawing, the battalion set up a bridgehead on the Douve River and held the position for seven hours until the rest of the Division caught up to them, facilitating the cutting of the peninsula. In France during the heroic days of June 1944, the Regiment once again led the way for the division as it spearheaded the American advance out of the beachhead that cut the Contentin Peninsula and while the 39th and 47th Infantry Regiments secured the vital Port of Cherburg, the 60th cleared Cape La Hague, Northwest of Cherbourg. PFC Rawleigh E. Fisk was killed June 29th 1944 in Normandy France. He is buried at: Plot E Row 9 Grave 28 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France |
Grave markers Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France, above photo. Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the center as shown in the above photo. This photo was taken behind Omaha Beach in 1951 by Life Magazine, 6 years after World War Two at what is now known as the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Permanent stone markers were added several years later. |