Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
1. Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
CAPT Drew D. Dix, USA PVT Elmer E. Fryar, USA
PFC Jesse N. Funk, USA LTC William R. Grove, USA
PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom, USA PVT Joe P. Martinez, USA
T5G Robert D. Maxwell, USA SP5 Edgar L. McWethy, Jr., USA
BGEN Kenneth N. Walker, USA Capt Gerald O. Young, USAF
PFC Ronald L. Coker, USMC LCDR Bruce McCandless, USN
2Lt Raymond G. Murphy, USMC Capt Carl L. Sitter, USMC
QM Frank M. Upton, USN 2LT George W. Wallace, USA
2LT J. Hunter Wickersham, USA 1LT Donald D. Puckett, USA
PFC Kiyoshi Muranaga USA
Scrolls with the names of those Colorado citizens who
contributed to this memorial are buried beneath
this obelisk
Erected by the Citizens of Colorado through the Denver Area Women's Chapter of FFVF.
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° 6.338′ N, 75° 28.288′ 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
this page online
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); Kansas Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Nebraska Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Oklahoma Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Nevada Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New Mexico Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming 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 - Colorado. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entrty (Submitted on April 14, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on October 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
2. Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
3. Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
4. Colorado State Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 29, 2023
5. Colorado Medal of Honor Sponsors Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
