Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PFC Charles H. Barker, USA 1LT James C. Dozier, USA
SGT Gary E. Foster, USA SGT Thomas L. Hall, USA
CPL James D. Heriot, USA SGT Richmond H. Hilton, USA
2LT John T. Kennedy, USA PFC Noah O. Knight, USA
LTC George L. Mabry Jr., USA PFC William A. McWhorter, USA
PVT Furman L. Smith, USA CPL John C. Villepique, USA
1LT Charles Q. Williams, USA SURG Middleton S. Elliott, USN
[BR] Edward Floyd, USN SSgt Robert S. Kennemore, USMC
2Lt John J. McGinty III, USMC CDR William A. Moffett, USN
SGT Robert A. Owens, USMC ENS Daniel A. J. Sullivan, USN
Cpl Donald L. Truesdell, USMC SSgt Lewis G. Watkins, USMC
BM1 James E. Williams, USN PO Michael E. Thornton, USN
LCpl James D. Howe, USMC PFC Louis E. Willett, USA
PFC Ralph H. Johnson, USMC CPL Freddie Stowers, USA
L Cpl William K. Carpenter USMC SFC Thomas P. Payne, USA
SFC Christopher A. Celiz, USA
Dedicated by
Hon James Burrows Edwards
Governor of South Carolina
1 November 1975
Erected 1975 by the Grateful Citizens of the State of South Carolina.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
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Location. 40° 6.256′ N, 75° 28.299′ 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: Alabama Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Florida Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Georgia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Arkansas Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Puerto Rico Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away); Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - South Carolina. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on April 22, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. South Carolina State Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
