Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
New Mexico Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
1. New Mexico Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
SSGT Franklin D.Miller, USA · CPL Hiroshi H. Miyamura, USA
PFC Alejandro Renteria Ruiz, USA · CAPT Robert S.Scott, USA
1Lt Alexander Bonnyman Jr., USMCR · SSG Leroy A. Petry, USA
On behalf of the People of the State of New Mexico
and the Thirty-First Legislature; in honor and memory
of the men who served the United States of America
beyond the call of duty and received our nation's
highest acclaim the Medal of Honor
Bruce King, Governor · MGen. Frank E. Miles, The Adjutant General
Erected 1974 by the State of New Mexico.
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° 6.347′ N, 75° 28.338′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from McKinney Lane. Marker is in the Medal of Honor Grove on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Mexico Dedication (a few steps from this marker); Freedoms Foundation
this page online
Other markers no longer nearby. The Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor Grove (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Smedley Darlington Butler (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); William Harvey Carney (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Michael Joseph Crescenz (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Joseph H. DeCastro (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).
Also see . . .
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
2. New Mexico Medal of Honor Acre Dedication Marker
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - New Mexico. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on March 22, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on September 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
3. New Mexico Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
4. New Mexico Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 402 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
