Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

1. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients. . PVT Albert Christian, USA . SGT Silvester Antolak, USA . PVT Edgar R. Antolak, USA SGT David Ayers, USA . 2LT Albert E. Baesel, USA . LTC Addison E. Baker, USA CPL Jesse T. Barrick, USA . SN Thomas C. Barton, USN . PFC William B. Baugh, USMC SN Harry C. Beasley, USN . 1SGT Powhatan Beaty, USA . PVT Edward J. Bebe, USA SGT James B. Bell, USA . CPL Edward A. Bennett, USA . PVT William Bensinger, USA CPL Charles J. Berry, USMC . 1LT Charles G. Bickham, USA . SGT Daniel Bishop, USA SGT Richard Boury, USA . LTC Henry W. Boynton, USA . PVT Joseph E. Brandle, USA 1SGT James H. Bronson, USA . PVT Oscar Brookin, USA . 1SGT John H. Brown, USA PVT Robert B. Brown, USA . PVT Uriah Brown, USA Hospital Steward Wilson W. Brown, USA . PVT Henry G. Buhrman, USA SGT James M. Burns, USA . GM George Butts, USN . PVT James S. Calvert, USA COL Henry Capehart, USA . CPL Franklin Carr, USA . PVT John Carr, USA MUS William J. Carson, USA . PVT Herbert F. Christian, USA . PFC Joseph J. Cicchetti, USA 1LT David L. Cockley, USA . 1LT Oliver Colwell, USA . Bugler John Cook, USA SGT Aquilla Coonrod, USA . 2LT Robert Craig, USA PVT William W. Cranston, USA . PVT Ulric L. Crocker, USA PVT William G. Cubberly, USA . PVT James M. Cumpston, USA Asst. Surgeon Andrew Davidson, USA . SGT Freeman Davis, USA PVT Harry Davis, USA . SGT Sammy L. Davis, USA PVT David F. Day, USA . 2LT Matthias W. Day, USA SGT William de Armond . CPL Richard W. De Witt, USA SGT Emile Deleau, Jr., USA . PFC Douglas E. Dickey, US[MC] SN John Dorman, USN . CPL Daniel A. Dorsey, USA CPL James Dowling, USA . MUS Richard Enderlin, USA PFC Harold G. Epperson, USMC . A1C William H. Pitsenbarger, USAF Chief Edward C. Byers, Jr., USN CAPT Michael J. Estocin, USN . CPL George Ferrari, USA PVT Henry S. Finkenbiner, USA . SGT Charles Clinton Fleek, USA BGen Manning F. Force, USA . PFC William A. Foster, USMC SGT Henry M. Fox, USA . 1LT Henry B. Freeman, USA CPL Franz Frey, USA . LT JG Donald A. Gary, USN Bugler George Gates, USA . PVT John C. Gaunt, USA CPL Isaac Gause, USA . SGT George Geiger, USA CPL John J. Given, USA . CAPT Edward S. Godfrey, USA PVT John Gray, USA . MAJ John Green, USA PVT Abraham Greenwalt, USA . PVT Joseph O. Gregg, USA PVT Samuel Grimshaw, USA . PVT Thomas Guinn, USA CAPT James Haley, USN . TECH5 Lewis Hall, USA CPL Newton H. Hall, USA . MM1 Burke Hanford, USN PVT Joseph Hanks, USA . CHAP Milton L. Hanley, USA CPL Milton Hanna, USA . BM2 Joseph G. Harner, USN PVT David W. Harris, USA . PVT Sampson Harris, USA PVT Joshua B. Hartzog, USA . PFC Joe R. Hastings, USA CPL Martin J. Hawkins, USA . LTC Webb C. Hayes, USA PVT John H. Hays, USA . 1LT Joseph Hedges, USA SGT Henry Heller, USA . SGT James Henry, USA SP4C Frank A. Herda, USA . PVT Daniel L Holcomb, USA CPL Lemuel F. Holland, USA . SGT MAJ Milton M. Holland, USA PVT Hiram R. Howard, USA . CPL John Hughey, USA SGT Rufus D. Hutchinson, USA . CPL Lorenzo D. Immell, USA PVT Isaac James, USA . FM1 Alexander Jardine, USN SGT James Jardine, USA . PVT William John, USA CPL Elisha (Jones) Johns USA . PVT David Jones, USA S/SGT Gus Kefurt, USA . CAPT George V. Kelley, USA PFC Patrick L Kessler, USA . PVT Joseph Kimball, USA CAPT Jonathan C. Kirk, USA . PVT William J. Knight, USA MUS John S. Kountz. USA . CPL William J. Archinal USA CPL Joseph Davis. USA . SGT William Garrett, USA CPL George Green USA . CPL Henry Hoffman USA CPT Henry W Lawton USA . PVT Andrew Schmauch USA PVT Charles Stacey, USA . PVT Jacob Swegheimer USA SGT Ernest R Torgler USA . CPL John Kyle, USA SP4 Joseph Guy Lapointe, Jr., USA . CPL Smith Larimer, USA MAJ John A Logan, USA . SGT Donald R. Long, USA PVT William H. Longshore, USA . PVT George Loyd, USA 1LT Harry L. Martin, USMC . SGT Elihu H. Mason, USA PFC Leonard F. Mason, USMC . PVT William B. Mayes, USA CPL Melvin Mayfield, USA . CPL Isaiah Mays, USA 1LT Charles H. McCleary, USA . PVT James M. McClelland, USA CAPT Samuel McConnell, USA . PVT John W. McDonald, USA PVT Samuel O. McElhinny, USA . PVT Wilson McGonagle, USA SF1 Patrick McGunigal, USN . SN Martin McHugh, USN SGT Francis M. McMillen, USA . CPL Nicholas Meaher, USA 2LT William E. Metzger, USA . PVT Daniel H. Miller, USA PVT Jacob C. Miller, USA . CPL John Miller, USA PVT Delano Morey, USA . PVT Lewis Morgan, USA PVT John P. Murphy, USA . PVT George S. Myers, USA PFC Melvin E. Newlin, USMC . PVT Jasper N. North, USA PVT David Orbansky, USA . 1Lt Edward A. Ostermann, USMC CPL James W. Parks, USA . PVT Jacob Parrott, USA PRIN MUS John T. Patterson, USA . L/Cpl Joe C. Paul, USMC CPL Platt Pearsall USA . PFC Frank J. Petrarca, USA PVT Samuel D. Phillips, USA . 1LT Frederick Phisterer, USA 1SGT Robert Pinn, USA . SGT William Pittinger, USA SGT John A. Poppe, USA . PVT John R. Porter, USA MAJ William H. Powell. USA . Blacksmith James Pratt, USA PVT Joseph R. Prentice, USA . 1SGT Alfred Ramsbottom, USA COX Charles A. Read, USN . CPL William H. Reddick, USA Maj George C. Reid, USMC . CPL Louis Renninger, USA PVT William R. Richardson, USA . CPL William E. Richey, USA PVT Samuel Richman, USA . PVT James Richmond, USA 1LT Edward V. Rickenbacker, USA . PVT John H. Ricksecker, USA SP4 Gordon R. Roberts. USA . PVT Samuel Robertson, USA PVT Elbridge Robinson, USA . PVT Frederick Rock, USA SGT Maj Marion A. Ross, USA . CPL Ronald E. Rosser, USA PVT Lewis A.Rounds, USA . PVT John F. Rowalt, USA PVT Charles W. Rundle, USA . PVT William Schmidt, USA CPL Christian Schnell, USA . SGT John M. Scott, USA MM1 Robert R. Scott, USN . PVT Elisha B. Seaman, USA 1LT Cyrus Sears, USA . CPL Edward C. Sharpless, USA SN Louis C. Shepard, USN . PVT Bernard Shields, USA PVT Oscar Slagle, USA . PVT Samuel Slavens, USA PVT Otis W. Smith, USA . COL John W. Sprague, USA MAJ GEN David S. Stanley, USA . MAJ John W. Steele, USA CPL Tony Stein, USMC . SGT Joseph Stickles, USA 1SGT Alonzo Stokes, USA . FM1 Loddie Stupka, USN PVT James K. Sturgeon, USA . PVT William H. Surles, USA LT Col Wager Swaynee, USA . 1LT Brian M. Thacker, USA SGT Charles A. Thompson, USA . CPL Freeman C. Thompson, USA SGT Thomas Thompson, USA . PVT John R. Towle, USA SGT Howell B. Treat, USA . CPL George W. Tyrrell, USA PVT Wilson Vance, USA . PVT John H. Wageman, USA PVT James C. Walker, USA . CPL Francis A. Waller, USA SN1 James R. Ward, USN . PVT Nelson W. Ward, USA PVT Edward Welsh, USA . PVT Bruno Wende, USA SGT James Wiley, USA . CAPT George Wilhelm, USA COX Jay Williams, USN . PVT William H. Williams, USA PVT John A. Wilson, USA . SGT Milden H. Wilson, USA PFC David F. Winder, USA . PVT John Wollam, USA PVT Mark Wood, USA . COX Robert S. Wood, USN S/SGT Howard E. Woodford, USA . PVT Jacob F. Yeager, USA SGT Calvary M. Young, USA . PVT Rodger W. Young, USA PFC Joe M. Nishimoto USA . LT John R Fox USA, This monument erected and dedicated by the AMVETS Department of Ohio Service Foundation August 3, 1991 Dedicatory address by Governor George Voinovich , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The Ohio area of the Medal of Honor Grove was dedicated May 30, 1968.

PVT Albert Christian, USA • SGT Silvester Antolak, USA • PVT Edgar R. Antolak, USA
SGT David Ayers, USA • 2LT Albert E. Baesel, USA • LTC Addison E. Baker, USA
CPL Jesse T. Barrick, USA • SN Thomas C. Barton, USN • PFC William B. Baugh, USMC
SN Harry C. Beasley, USN • 1SGT Powhatan Beaty, USA • PVT Edward J. Bebe, USA
SGT James B. Bell, USA • CPL Edward A. Bennett, USA • PVT William Bensinger, USA
CPL Charles J. Berry, USMC • 1LT Charles G. Bickham, USA • SGT Daniel Bishop, USA
SGT Richard Boury, USA • LTC Henry W. Boynton, USA • PVT Joseph E. Brandle, USA
1SGT James H. Bronson, USA • PVT Oscar Brookin, USA • 1SGT John H. Brown, USA
PVT Robert B. Brown, USA • PVT Uriah Brown, USA
Hospital Steward Wilson W. Brown, USA • PVT Henry G. Buhrman, USA
SGT James M. Burns, USA • GM George Butts, USN • PVT James S. Calvert, USA
COL Henry Capehart, USA • CPL Franklin Carr, USA • PVT John Carr, USA
MUS William J. Carson, USA • PVT Herbert F. Christian, USA • PFC Joseph J. Cicchetti, USA
1LT David L. Cockley, USA • 1LT Oliver Colwell, USA • Bugler John Cook, USA
SGT Aquilla Coonrod, USA • 2LT Robert Craig, USA
PVT William W. Cranston, USA • PVT Ulric L. Crocker, USA
PVT William G. Cubberly, USA • PVT James M. Cumpston, USA
Asst. Surgeon Andrew Davidson,

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USA • SGT Freeman Davis, USA
PVT Harry Davis, USA • SGT Sammy L. Davis, USA
PVT David F. Day, USA • 2LT Matthias W. Day, USA
SGT William de Armond • CPL Richard W. De Witt, USA
SGT Emile Deleau, Jr., USA • PFC Douglas E. Dickey, US[MC]
SN John Dorman, USN • CPL Daniel A. Dorsey, USA
CPL James Dowling, USA • MUS Richard Enderlin, USA
PFC Harold G. Epperson, USMC • A1C William H. Pitsenbarger, USAF
Chief Edward C. Byers, Jr., USN
CAPT Michael J. Estocin, USN • CPL George Ferrari, USA
PVT Henry S. Finkenbiner, USA • SGT Charles Clinton Fleek, USA
BGen Manning F. Force, USA • PFC William A. Foster, USMC
SGT Henry M. Fox, USA • 1LT Henry B. Freeman, USA
CPL Franz Frey, USA • LT JG Donald A. Gary, USN
Bugler George Gates, USA • PVT John C. Gaunt, USA
CPL Isaac Gause, USA • SGT George Geiger, USA
CPL John J. Given, USA • CAPT Edward S. Godfrey, USA
PVT John Gray, USA • MAJ John Green, USA
PVT Abraham Greenwalt, USA • PVT Joseph O. Gregg, USA
PVT Samuel Grimshaw, USA • PVT Thomas Guinn, USA
CAPT James Haley, USN • TECH5 Lewis Hall, USA
CPL Newton H. Hall, USA • MM1 Burke Hanford, USN
PVT Joseph Hanks, USA • CHAP Milton L. Hanley, USA
CPL Milton Hanna, USA • BM2 Joseph G. Harner, USN
PVT David W. Harris, USA • PVT Sampson Harris, USA
PVT Joshua B. Hartzog, USA • PFC

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2. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Joe R. Hastings, USA
CPL Martin J. Hawkins, USA • LTC Webb C. Hayes, USA
PVT John H. Hays, USA • 1LT Joseph Hedges, USA
SGT Henry Heller, USA • SGT James Henry, USA
SP4C Frank A. Herda, USA • PVT Daniel L Holcomb, USA
CPL Lemuel F. Holland, USA • SGT MAJ Milton M. Holland, USA
PVT Hiram R. Howard, USA • CPL John Hughey, USA
SGT Rufus D. Hutchinson, USA • CPL Lorenzo D. Immell, USA
PVT Isaac James, USA • FM1 Alexander Jardine, USN
SGT James Jardine, USA • PVT William John, USA
CPL Elisha (Jones) Johns USA • PVT David Jones, USA
S/SGT Gus Kefurt, USA • CAPT George V. Kelley, USA
PFC Patrick L Kessler, USA • PVT Joseph Kimball, USA
CAPT Jonathan C. Kirk, USA • PVT William J. Knight, USA
MUS John S. Kountz. USA • CPL William J. Archinal USA
CPL Joseph Davis. USA • SGT William Garrett, USA
CPL George Green USA • CPL Henry Hoffman USA
CPT Henry W Lawton USA • PVT Andrew Schmauch USA
PVT Charles Stacey, USA • PVT Jacob Swegheimer USA
SGT Ernest R Torgler USA • CPL John Kyle, USA
SP4 Joseph Guy Lapointe, Jr., USA • CPL Smith Larimer, USA
MAJ John A Logan, USA • SGT Donald R. Long, USA
PVT William H. Longshore, USA • PVT George Loyd, USA
1LT Harry L. Martin, USMC • SGT Elihu H. Mason, USA
PFC Leonard F. Mason, USMC • PVT William B. Mayes, USA
CPL Melvin Mayfield,

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3. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

USA • CPL Isaiah Mays, USA
1LT Charles H. McCleary, USA • PVT James M. McClelland, USA
CAPT Samuel McConnell, USA • PVT John W. McDonald, USA
PVT Samuel O. McElhinny, USA • PVT Wilson McGonagle, USA
SF1 Patrick McGunigal, USN • SN Martin McHugh, USN
SGT Francis M. McMillen, USA • CPL Nicholas Meaher, USA
2LT William E. Metzger, USA • PVT Daniel H. Miller, USA
PVT Jacob C. Miller, USA • CPL John Miller, USA
PVT Delano Morey, USA • PVT Lewis Morgan, USA
PVT John P. Murphy, USA • PVT George S. Myers, USA
PFC Melvin E. Newlin, USMC • PVT Jasper N. North, USA
PVT David Orbansky, USA • 1Lt Edward A. Ostermann, USMC
CPL James W. Parks, USA • PVT Jacob Parrott, USA
PRIN MUS John T. Patterson, USA • L/Cpl Joe C. Paul, USMC
CPL Platt Pearsall USA • PFC Frank J. Petrarca, USA
PVT Samuel D. Phillips, USA • 1LT Frederick Phisterer, USA
1SGT Robert Pinn, USA • SGT William Pittinger, USA
SGT John A. Poppe, USA • PVT John R. Porter, USA
MAJ William H. Powell. USA • Blacksmith James Pratt, USA
PVT Joseph R. Prentice, USA • 1SGT Alfred Ramsbottom, USA
COX Charles A. Read, USN • CPL William H. Reddick, USA
Maj George C. Reid, USMC • CPL Louis Renninger, USA
PVT William R. Richardson, USA • CPL William E. Richey, USA
PVT Samuel Richman, USA • PVT James Richmond, USA
1LT Edward V.

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4. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Rickenbacker, USA • PVT John H. Ricksecker, USA
SP4 Gordon R. Roberts. USA • PVT Samuel Robertson, USA
PVT Elbridge Robinson, USA • PVT Frederick Rock, USA
SGT Maj Marion A. Ross, USA • CPL Ronald E. Rosser, USA
PVT Lewis A.Rounds, USA • PVT John F. Rowalt, USA
PVT Charles W. Rundle, USA • PVT William Schmidt, USA
CPL Christian Schnell, USA • SGT John M. Scott, USA
MM1 Robert R. Scott, USN • PVT Elisha B. Seaman, USA
1LT Cyrus Sears, USA • CPL Edward C. Sharpless, USA
SN Louis C. Shepard, USN • PVT Bernard Shields, USA
PVT Oscar Slagle, USA • PVT Samuel Slavens, USA
PVT Otis W. Smith, USA • COL John W. Sprague, USA
MAJ GEN David S. Stanley, USA • MAJ John W. Steele, USA
CPL Tony Stein, USMC • SGT Joseph Stickles, USA
1SGT Alonzo Stokes, USA • FM1 Loddie Stupka, USN
PVT James K. Sturgeon, USA • PVT William H. Surles, USA
LT Col Wager Swaynee, USA • 1LT Brian M. Thacker, USA
SGT Charles A. Thompson, USA • CPL Freeman C. Thompson, USA
SGT Thomas Thompson, USA • PVT John R. Towle, USA
SGT Howell B. Treat, USA • CPL George W. Tyrrell, USA
PVT Wilson Vance, USA • PVT John H. Wageman, USA
PVT James C. Walker, USA • CPL Francis A. Waller, USA
SN1 James R. Ward, USN • PVT Nelson W. Ward, USA
PVT Edward Welsh, USA • PVT Bruno Wende, USA
SGT James Wiley, USA • CAPT George

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5. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker

Wilhelm, USA
COX Jay Williams, USN • PVT William H. Williams, USA
PVT John A. Wilson, USA • SGT Milden H. Wilson, USA
PFC David F. Winder, USA • PVT John Wollam, USA
PVT Mark Wood, USA • COX Robert S. Wood, USN
S/SGT Howard E. Woodford, USA • PVT Jacob F. Yeager, USA
SGT Calvary M. Young, USA • PVT Rodger W. Young, USA
PFC Joe M. Nishimoto USA • LT John R Fox USA

This monument erected and dedicated by
the AMVETS Department of Ohio Service Foundation
August 3, 1991
Dedicatory address by Governor George Voinovich
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The Ohio area of the Medal of Honor Grove
was dedicated May 30, 1968

Erected 1991 by the AMVETS Department of Ohio Service Foundation.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 40° 6.322′ N, 75° 28.199′ W. Marker is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Marker is in the Medal of Honor Grove on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Wisconsin Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients

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6. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

(within shouting distance of this marker); Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients. (Submitted on November 8, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 8, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

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7. Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

Ohio State Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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8. Ohio State Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 8, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on November 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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