On the road that circles the pond on the pond side of the road.

An upright inscribed marble monument.

The memorial remembers 1LT John Roscoe Durkee Jr. a L4 pilot in the 128th Field Artillery Battalion, 6th 'Super Sixth' Armored Division who was killed here on August 3, 1944 alongside two French citizens of French Forces of the Interior (FFI).

1LT Durkee received a Silver Star for this action.  The citation reads:

FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN R. DURKEE JR., (Army Serial Number 0-1178461), Field Artillery (Armored), Headquarters Battery, 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army. For gallantry in action in the vicinity of Evran, France on 3 August 1944. When his and another liaison plane landed in a field and received enemy mortar and small arms fire, the small field prevented both planes from taking off simultaniously. Electing to remain until the another plane had cleared from the field, the enemy closed in on him making it impossible for him to take off. Spurning his chances to escape afoot, he remained in defense his plane. His gallantry in the face of tremendous odds, although it cost him his life, reflects great credit upon himself and is in keeping with the finest traditions of the United States Army. 

The inscription in French reads:

Le 3 aout 1944, a Betineus,

is sont moris pour notre liberé 

1st Lieutenant John R DURKEE Jr.
6th Armored division,
128th Field Artillery Battalion
US Army

Jean VAUGRU & Louis HENNION

Forces Francaises de l'Intérieur Morts pour la Francer

Passant, souviens toil

Translation: 

August 3, 1944, at Betineus,

They died for our liberty

1st Lieutenant John R. Durkee Jr.
6th Armored Division,
128th Field Artillery Battalion
US Army

Jean Vaugru & Louis Hennion

French Forces of the Interior, Died for France

Passerby, remember