Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
1. Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PFC Herbert K. Pililaau, USA · SGT Elmelindo R. Smith, USA
SGT Rodney J.T. Yano, USA · PFC Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, USA
PVT Barney F. Hajiro, USA · PVT Shizuya Hayashi, USA
PVT Mikio Hasemoto, USA · 2LT Daniel K. Inouye [USA]
T SGT Yeiki Kobashigawa, USA · SSG Robert T. Kuroda, USA
PFC Kaoru Moto, USA · PVT Masato Nakae, USA
SGT Allan M. Ohata, USA · T SGT Yukio Okutsu, USA
CPT Frances B. Wai, USA
Erected by Concerned Citizens, Businesses, and Organizations.
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° 6.412′ N, 75° 28.308′ 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: Oregon Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Utah Medal of Honor Recipients
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Other markers no longer nearby. The Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor Grove (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); Smedley Darlington Butler (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); William Harvey Carney (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); Michael Joseph Crescenz (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); Joseph H. DeCastro (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); William "Willie" Johnston (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); Woodrow Wilson "Black Bear" Keeble (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); James Everette Livingston (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed).
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
2. Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Hawaii. 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 27, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
3. Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
4. Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
5. Hawaii Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
6. Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Sponsors
Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 279 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 27, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
