At the intersection of Avenue de la Gare and the N-32, right at the railroad crossing, by the parking lot. Marker A rough stone marker with french text marking the site of the German attack of an American convoy.

LIBERATION

de la FERTE GAUCHER

par les TROUPES AMERICAINES

le 27 Août 1944 à 19h20

Ici a été incendiée

par un obus Allemand

la 3ème voiture estafette

Cap. Chef THOMAS George

                              Américain

Soldat LACHANCE Ernest

                              Américain

Soldat STANLEY Zuber

Morts au champ d'honneur

Soldat PRIOL Jean 18 ans

                                    Français blessé

English translation:

The liberation of La Ferte Gaucher by American troops on 27 August 1944 at 7:20pm. The third vehicle in a convoy was hit by a German shell and burned on this spot. Captain George Thomas, American, Soldier Ernest Chance, American, and Soldier Stanley Zuber were killed on the battlefield. Soldier Jean Priol, French, 18 years old, was wounded.