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

Nevada Medal of Honor Recipients

 
 
Nevada Medal of Honor Recipients Marker and Nevada Seal image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
1. Nevada Medal of Honor Recipients Marker and Nevada Seal
Inscription.

CDR Bruce Avery Van Vooris, U.S. Navy

 
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° 6.374′ N, 75° 28.28′ 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: A Living Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Utah Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Oregon Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
 
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 Nevada Medal of Honor Recipients - Nevada. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on May 26, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Bruce A. Van Voorhis, USN image. Click for more information.
via Naval History and Heritage Command, unknown
2. Bruce A. Van Voorhis, USN
Naval History and Heritage Command website entry
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Nevada Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
3. Nevada Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk
Nevada Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
4. Nevada Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2. submitted on November 13, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   3, 4. submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 4, 2026