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

Florida Medal of Honor Recipients

 
 
Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Inscription.

PFC Emory L. Bennett, USA • SP4 Nicholas J. Cutinha, USA
LCDR William M. Corry, Jr., USN • 2Lt Robert E. Femoyer, USAF
CAPT Robert H. Foley, US[A] • PFC Robert H. Jenkins, USMC
LT Clyde E. Lassen, USN • 1Lt Baldomero Lopez, USMC
CDR David McCampbell, USN • Maj Thomas B. McGuire, USAF
PVT Robert M. McTureous, Jr., USMC • PVT James H. Mills, USA
2LT Alexander R. Nininger, USA
MMC Francis E. Ormsbee, Jr., USN • PVT Adam Paine, USA
SSGT Clifford C. Sims, USA • Cpl Larry E. Smedley, USMC
CAPT Charles A. Varnum, USA • SFC Paul R. Smith, USA
SSG Hammett L. Bowen Jr.[,] USA • SSG Robert J. Miller, USA
PFC Bruce W. Carter, USMC • PO Robert R. Ingram, USN
SP4 Ardie R. Copas, USA • SFC Alwyn C Cashe, USA

 
Erected by Florida Division of Veterans Affairs, Florida National Guard, Florida Veterans Organizations, and Broward County Chapter, 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° 6.238′ N, 75° 28.304′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road
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. 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 Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Alabama Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Georgia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Puerto Rico Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Arkansas Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Purple Heart (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); George Washington in Prayer (about 300 feet away); Distinguished Flying Cross (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
 
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Florida. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on April 22, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Florida State Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Florida State Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
6. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
Presumed sponsor of the granite replacement obelisk
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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