On French military restricted property of Fort Driant; visits can be arranged by contacting the Le Fort Driant (Feste Kronprinz)/Amicale du Fort Driant (Friends of Fort Driant) Group (https://www.facebook.com/fortdriant)

Email: amicalefortdriant@gmail.com

A concrete memorial with a WW2 American helmet on top; a small plaque is attached to the front of the memorial.

The memorial remembers two US soldiers of the 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division who were killed in action on October 4, 1944 during the attack on Fort Driant.  The two soldiers, Second Lieutenant Lewis S. Dilello and Private First Class Charles R. McGregor of Company G,  11th Infantry Regiment were listed as Missing in Action and discovered at this location in 1988. The attack on Fort Driant was part of the larger Battle for Metz from September to December 1944.

They are listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St. Avold, France. When an individual's remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

Special thanks to Le Fort Driant (Feste Kronprinz)/Amicale du Fort Driant (Friends of Fort Driant) Group for their efforts to preserve the fort and remember this 1944 battle.

The text on the plaque is written in French and English.  The English reads:

IN MEMORY OF:

2LT Lewis S. DILELLO

T/5 Charles R. MCGREGOR

Killed and buried here on October 4, 1944

Found in 1988.