On the south side of the road.

The monument comprises a cast metal cross holding portraits of PFC Allison Ray Jackson and one German Soldier representing all who died during battles nearby as U.S. 30th and 29th Infantry Divisions cleared pockets of resistance after they took the city of Aachen during late 1944.

Although U.S. Forces took Aachen in October 1944, German Forces in the surrounding area continued to resist for six weeks, until late November 1944. There are still 20 U.S. Soldiers missing from combat around Würselen.

This is the second of two local memorials to military and civilian casualties of World War II. In 2014, local historian Volker Dederichs initiated an effort by the Interdisciplinary Research Group for Contemporary History (interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe für Zeitgeschichte (ZIF)) to erect this cross on the edge of the Wurm valley near Würselen. Local officials dedicated the memorial on 25 October 2014.

Source of information: www.liberationroute.com, www.webwuerselen.de, en.wikipedia.org

Source of photos: www.findagrave.com

In Erinnerung an die 1944 im Kampf um Aachen gefallenen Soldaten

Stellvertretend fur alle Opfer:

PFC Allison Ray Jackson, 30th Inf. Div., 119th Inf. Regt.

*20.12.1921 in Tennessee, USA +07.11.1944 in Würselen

Es sind die Lebenden,

die den Toten die Augen schließen,

Es sind die Toten,

die den Lebenden die Augen öffnen.

(Heraklit, griech. Philosoph)

Aufgestellt durch Z.I.F.

(Zeitgeschichte interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe)

(www.zif-info.de)

Im Juli 2014

English translation:

In remembrance of the Soldiers who fell in the battle for Aachen in 1944

Representing all casualties:

PFC Allison Ray Jackson, 30th Infantry Division, 119th Infantry Regiment

*20 December 1921 in Tennessee, USA +07 November 1944 in Würselen

It is the living

who close the eyes of the dead.

It is the dead

who open the eyes of the living.

(Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher)

Erected by Z.I.F.

(Contemporary History Interdisciplinary Research Group)

(www.zif-info.de)

July 2014