Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Nebraska Medal of Honor Recipients
SGT Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish (MadBear) USA Fireman 1st John W. Ehle, USN
PFC James W. Fous, USA PFC Edward Gomez, USMC
SP5 Charles C. Hagemeister, USA PVT Dale M. Hansen, USMC
LCpl Miguel Keith, USMC LTJG Joseph R. Kerrey, USN
MSGT Ernest R. Kouma, USA ENS John J. Parle, USN
SN Otto D. Schmidt, [USN] CM3 Jacob Volz, USN
SN Ora Graves, USN Scout William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, USA
PVT Francis W. Lohnes, US[A] 1LT Donald K. Schwab, USA
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° 6.314′ N, 75° 28.279′ 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: Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kansas Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Oklahoma Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); A Living Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Nebraska. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (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.)
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 238 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.



