The monument to Desert Storm veteran Major Eugene McCarthy (USMC) is marked with a broken stone in a bed of broken rocks. The artist designed the memorial to symbolize the experience of battle, love of country, and the lives broken by war.
Marine Major Eugene McCarthy (1955-1991) of Brooklyn was among 278 Americans killed during the Gulf War. The memorial bears the symbol of the United States Marine Corps, and a smaller marker at the site reads as follows:
A field of broken rock, the battlefield. a broken monument, a life cut short, duty honor and sacrifice