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

Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients

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

1. Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients. . Civil War SGT Norman F. Bates, USA . PVT Edward J. Bebb. USA . SGT Horatio L. Birdsall, USA PVT Nicholas Boquet, USA . SGT Edgar A. Bras, USA . PVT Richard H. Cosgriff, USA PVT James Dunlavy, USA . SGT James M. Elson. USA . PVT Nicholas Fanning, USA SGT Leonidas M. Godley, USA . PVT John H. Hays, USA . PVT George W. Healey, USA PVT Pitt B. Herington, USA . LTC Francis J. Herron, USA . 1LT James Hill, USA CPL Luther Kaltenbach, USA . PVT William May USA . PVT William B. Mayes, USA PVT James P. Miller, USA . CPL Richard H. Morgan, USA . PVT Albert Power, USA PVT Andrew J. Sloan. USA . 1LT Henry I. Smith, USA . PVT Charles A. Swan, USA PVT Andrew W. Tibbets, USA . CPL Voltaire P. Twombly, USA . PVT George W. Welch, USA COL James A. Williamson, USA . SGT Calvary M. Young, USA, Indian Campaigns CAPT John W. Knox, USA . SGT Lewis Phife, USA SGT Emanuel Stance, USA . PVT Eben Starley, USA, Spanish American War CAPT William E. Birkhimer, USA . Cox Osborn Deignar, USN . SN Joseph Eitz, USA LTC William R. Grove USA . SGT John A. Huntsman, USA SGT Charles W. Ray, USA . SURG Paul F. Straub, USA, Boxer Rebellion 1LT Louis B. Lawton, USA . MUS Calvin P. Titus, USA, Mexican Campaign RADM Frank F. Fletcher, USN . LT Frank Jack Fletcher, USA, World War LT Edouard V. M. Izac, USN . SGT Milo Lemert, USA LTC Emory J. Pike, USA, World War II CPL Arthur O. Beyer, USA . SSGT Paul L. Bolden, USA SSGT Hershel F. Briles, USA . 2LT Dale E. Christensen, USA CAPT Darrell R. Lindsey, USA . SGT Ralph G. Neppel, USA CAPT Arlo L. Olson, USA . HM1 Francis J. Pierce, USN 2LT Paul F. Riordan, USA . PFC John F. Thorson, USA, Korean War SFC Junior D. Edwards, USA, Vietnam War SGT John F. Baker Jr, USA . Col George E. Day. USAF Maj Merlyn H. Dethlefsen, USAF . 2LT Robert J. Hibbs, USA SGT Jimmie E. Howard, USMC, War In Afghanistan SSG Salvatore A. Giunta, USA, From the grateful people of the State of Iowa in honor and memory of the men who served the United States of America beyond the call of duty and received our nation's highest acclaim The Medal of Honor. Robert D. Ray , Governor May 29, 1976 , , , , , , , , , , Rededicated as a granite monument to honor Iowa's Medal of Honor winners, with help from the American Legion of Iowa, the American Legion Foundation of Iowa, and the Iowa National Guard. Terry E. Branstad , Governor June 21, 1990.

Civil War
SGT Norman F. Bates, USA • PVT Edward J. Bebb. USA • SGT Horatio L. Birdsall, USA
PVT Nicholas Boquet, USA • SGT Edgar A. Bras, USA • PVT Richard H. Cosgriff, USA
PVT James Dunlavy, USA • SGT James M. Elson. USA • PVT Nicholas Fanning, USA
SGT Leonidas M. Godley, USA • PVT John H. Hays, USA • PVT George W. Healey, USA
PVT Pitt B. Herington, USA • LTC Francis J. Herron, USA • 1LT James Hill, USA
CPL Luther Kaltenbach, USA • PVT William May USA • PVT William B. Mayes, USA
PVT James P. Miller, USA • CPL Richard H. Morgan, USA • PVT Albert Power, USA
PVT Andrew J. Sloan. USA • 1LT Henry I. Smith, USA • PVT Charles A. Swan, USA
PVT Andrew W. Tibbets, USA • CPL Voltaire P. Twombly, USA • PVT George W. Welch, USA
COL James A. Williamson, USA • SGT Calvary M. Young, USA

Indian Campaigns
CAPT John W. Knox, USA • SGT Lewis Phife, USA
SGT Emanuel Stance, USA • PVT Eben Starley, USA

Spanish American War
CAPT William E. Birkhimer, USA • Cox Osborn Deignar, USN • SN Joseph Eitz, USA
LTC William R. Grove USA • SGT John A. Huntsman, USA
SGT Charles W. Ray, USA • SURG Paul F. Straub, USA

Boxer Rebellion
1LT Louis B. Lawton, USA • MUS Calvin P. Titus, USA

Mexican Campaign
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Frank F. Fletcher, USN • LT Frank Jack Fletcher, USA

World War
LT Edouard V. M. Izac, USN • SGT Milo Lemert, USA
LTC Emory J. Pike, USA

World War II
CPL Arthur O. Beyer, USA • SSGT Paul L. Bolden, USA
SSGT Hershel F. Briles, USA • 2LT Dale E. Christensen, USA
CAPT Darrell R. Lindsey, USA • SGT Ralph G. Neppel, USA
CAPT Arlo L. Olson, USA • HM1 Francis J. Pierce, USN
2LT Paul F. Riordan, USA • PFC John F. Thorson, USA

Korean War
SFC Junior D. Edwards, USA

Vietnam War
SGT John F. Baker Jr, USA • Col George E. Day. USAF
Maj Merlyn H. Dethlefsen, USAF • 2LT Robert J. Hibbs, USA
SGT Jimmie E. Howard, USMC

War In Afghanistan
SSG Salvatore A. Giunta, USA

From the grateful people of the State of Iowa
in honor and memory of the men who served the
United States of America beyond the call of duty
and received our nation's highest acclaim
The Medal of Honor.
Robert D. Ray — Governor
May 29, 1976
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Rededicated as a granite monument to honor Iowa's
Medal of Honor winners, with help from the American
Legion of Iowa, the American Legion Foundation of
Iowa, and the Iowa National Guard.
Terry E. Branstad — Governor
June 21, 1990

Erected

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

2. Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

1990 by the Iowa American Legion and Foundation, and the Iowa National Guard.

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

Location. 40° 6.36′ N, 75° 28.225′ 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: South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wyoming Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Montana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Utah Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Idaho 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 - Iowa. Medal of Honor Historical

Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.

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

3. Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Dedication

Society of the United Staten website entry (Submitted on April 15, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on October 24, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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4. Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

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5. Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

Iowa State Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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6. Iowa State Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 477 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 24, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.