Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PVT Oscar Burkard, USA PFC Mike Colalillo, USA
SGT Louis Cukela, USMC (2 Awards) PFC Lloyd C. Hawks, USA
CAPT Eli L. Huggins, USA PVT John Johnson, USA
CAPT Charles A. Lindbergh, USA CAPT George H. Mallon, USA
2LT George H. Morgan, USA CPL Henry D. O,Brien, USA
SP4 Kenneth L. Olson, USA LTC John U.D. Page, USA
SGT Alonzo H. Pickle, USA SSGT Robert J. Pruden, USA
Maj Henry Alexius Courtney Jr., USMC
SSGT Laszlo Rabel, USA LT Donald E. Rudolph, USA
PVT Marshall Sherman, USA LTC Leo K. Thorsness, USA[F]
PVT John. Tracy, USA PVT John Vale, USA
SP4 Dale Eugene Wayrynen, USA
Maj Albertus Wright Catlin, USMC
Capt Jesse Farley Dyer, USMC Capt Richard E. Fleming, USMC
Cpl Louis James Hauge, Jr., USMC
PFC Richard Edward Kraus, USMC PFC James Dennis Labelle, USMC MM1 Oscar Fredrick Nelson, USN
CMM George Willam Rud, USN PVT Richard K. Sorenson, USMC PVT Joseph Burger USA
SGT Axel H. Reed, USA CPT Harry Bell USA
The people of Minnesota render homage to the Medal of Honor recipients for their incomparable courage and supreme dedication to honor, duty and country. Their patriotism is a shining symbol of faith and grace.
The dedication was made
this page online
Erected 1976 by Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
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° 6.343′ N, 75° 28.187′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from River Trail. 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: Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wisconsin Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Montana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Minnesota. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on April 29, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 7, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Minnesota State Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 335 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 7, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
