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

North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients

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

1. North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

CPL Frank L. Anders, USA · 1LT Orville E. Bloch, USA
PVT Otto Boehler, USA · CDR Willis W. Bradley, Jr., USN
Blacksmith Joseph E. Carter, USN · PVT Charles P. Davis, USA
PVT Willis H. Downs, USA · SP4 Michael J. Fitzmaurice, USA
PFC Henry Gurke, USMC · PVT Gotfred Jensen, USA
PVT John B. Kinne, USA · PVT Richard M. Longfellow, USA
PVT Frank F. Ross, USA · PVT Thomas Sletteland, USA
LCOL Fred E. Smith, USA · PVT Nels Wold, USA
1LT Loren D. Hagen, USA · MSG Woodrow W. Keeble, USA

Dedicated 30 July 1977

Erected 1977 by North Dakota Veteran Organizations and Their Auxiliaries, and the Bloch Family.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 6.366′ N, 75° 28.197′ 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

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shouting distance of this marker); Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Idaho Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away); Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients – North 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.)

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

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

2. North Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk

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

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

3. North Dakota Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza

North Dakota State Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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

4. North Dakota State Seal on Memorial Obelisk

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

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

5. North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Sponsors Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 28, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.