Pencader Hundred in Bear in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients and Those Who Died in Service Memorial Cenotaph

Delawareans Who Died in Service Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2021

1. Delawareans Who Died in Service Marker

Inscription.

[Medal of Honor Recipients markers]

Here interred, with full military honors, at dedication services
on October 15, 1989, are inscriptions conveyed from state and
national monuments, symbolically representing those Delawareans
who made the ultimate sacrifice in our nation's conflicts.
Each name was individually transferred from the original
memorial to parchment and sealed to preserve their integrity.

[Armed Services Emblems and Flags]

Erected by Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical date for this entry is October 15, 1989.

Location. 39° 33.003′ N, 75° 44.492′ W. Memorial is in Bear, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Pencader Hundred. It can be reached from Chesapeake City Rd. Markers are in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, near the flag poles north of the cemetery office. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2465 Chesapeake City Road, Bear DE 19701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American

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Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Address by President Abraham Lincoln (here, next to this marker); POW/MIA Chair of Honor (within shouting distance of this marker); Sgt. James P. Connor Memorial Circle (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Sgt. James P. Connor Memorial Circle (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Peter Geldof, Jr.: First Director of Delaware's Park System (approx. 1.3 miles away); Poplar Hall (approx. 1.8 miles away); Welsh Tract (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bear.

Also see . . . Medal of Honor Recipients Who Were Born In Delaware. List does not include all names remembered in the memorial (Submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Cenotaph image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2021

2. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Cenotaph

Representative marker of the 15 in the memorial

Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients and Those Who Died in Service Memorial Cenotaph image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2021

3. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients and Those Who Died in Service Memorial Cenotaph

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 392 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.