On the eastern side of the D57 at its intersection with a dirt road.

Monument
A small grey stone pillar with gold lettering commemorating the liberation of the town by the 331st Infantry Regiment, led by Colonel Robert York, and by Lt Wallace Rock a P-47 pilot who liberated Marchesieux.

ICI CACHES DERRIERES LES

HAIES DU BOCAGE MARCHUAIS

LES SS DE LA 17E PANZER

ATTENDAIENT LES GIS

OBLIGES DE PROGRESSER

A DECOUVERT DANS LES MARAIS

DE LA HAUTE MINES.

LE 22.06.44 A 500M D'ICI

W. ROCK A PERI A BORD DE SON P-47.

LE 19.07.44 LE COLONEL YORK

A PERDU 50% DE SES JEUNES SOLDATS

ET N'A PAS PRIS LA VARDE.

ENFIN LE 28.07.44 LE 33E RI

DE LA 83E DIVISION AMERICAINE

PERCE ET LIBERE

MARCHESIEUX.

English translation:

Here hidden behind the hedgerows of Marchésieux bocage, SS of the 17th Panzer waited for the GI's obliged to progress openly in the mined swamps of the River Taute.

On June 22, 1944 at 500 metres away from here, Lieutenant W. Rock died aboard his P47. On July 19, 44 Colonel York of the 83rd DI lost 50 % of his young soldiers and did not take La Varde. Finally, on July 28, 44 the 331th Infantry Regiment of the 83rd American Division broke through and freed Marchésieux.