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

South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023

1. South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

PVT Marvin C. Hillock, USA · Capt Joseph J. Foss, USMC
CAPT Arlo L. Olson, USA · PFC Herbert A. Littleton, USMC
2LT Charles D. Roberts, USA · LTC Leo K. Thorsness, USA[F]

Dedicated 20 July 1977 by
Governor Richard F. Kneip

Erected 1977 by the American Legion Department of South Dakota and Auxiliary.

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° 6.378′ N, 75° 28.226′ 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: Montana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of

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this marker); Idaho Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Utah Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Nevada 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 - South Dakota. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on March 23, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

South Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023

2. South Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk

South Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023

3. South Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza

South Dakota Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023

4. South Dakota Seal on Memorial Obelisk

South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Sponsors Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023

5. South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Sponsors Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 182 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.