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

Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

1. Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.
2LT Van T. Barfoot, USA • Landsman Wilson Brown, USN
1LT Henry A. Commiskey, USMC • PFC James H. Diamond, USA
LTJG Donald Arthur, USN • 1LT John W. Heard, USA
PVT Robert T. Henry, USA • PFC Mack A. Jordon, USA
MSGT Hubert L. Lee, USA • TSGT Jake W. Lindsby, USA
LCDR James J. Madison, USN • SGT John A. Pittman, USA
CPL James D. Slaton, USA • 2LT Ira C. Welborn, USA
LCpl Roy M. Wheat, USMC • Capt Louis H. Wilson, USMC
CPT Ed W. Freeman, USA

Dedicated by
State of Mississippi
Honorable John Bell Williams, Governor
30 May 1968

Erected 1968.

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° 6.284′ N, 75° 28.395′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. 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: United States Army (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Marine Corps

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(within shouting distance of this marker); United States Navy (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Coast Guard (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Air Force (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Freedom Tree (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Mississippi. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States 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.)

Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

2. Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker

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

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

3. Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

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

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

4. Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

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

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

5. Mississippi 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 612 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 24, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.