The memorial sits in a clearing on the SW corner of the intersection facing NE toward the town of Otre. 

On 11 January 1945 two assault squads of the 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment "F Company" were attacked en route to the nearby village of Langlir. All but one soldier--Sgt. Henry Shoemaker--were killed. Among the dead was Pvt. Henry Irving Tannenbaum who became an internationally recognized symbol of WWII in a photograph made by Tony Vaccaro called "White Death." The photograph depicts the image of Tannenbaum lying face down in the snow after the morning of 11 January 1945.

We remember PT Henry I. Tannenbaum, New York 83rd Inf. Div., 331 Inf. Reg., 2nd Bn., F-Company killed in action near Ottré January 11th, 1945, and the brave soldiers of the 83rd US Infantry Division.