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

Maine Medal of Honor Recipients

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

1. Maine Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

Maine Medal of Honor Recipients. . U.S. ARMY , AIR FORCE 1ST LT Adelbert Ames . SGT James E Baily . PVT Thomas Belcher SGT Alonzo Bowman . SGT Brian L. Buker . COL Joshua L. Chamberlain PVT John F. Chase . LT Charles A. Clark . SGT Clarence M. Condon 2ND LT Edward C. Dahlgren . CPL Thomas M. Doherty . CAPT Lewellyn G. Estes 1ST LT Albert E. Fernald . SGT William G. Fournier . CPL Clair Goodblood CPL Moses C. Hanscom . SGT Frank W. Haskell . CPL Asbury E. Haynes COL Francis S. Hesseltine . BRIG GEN Oliver O. Howard . MAJ Thomas W. Hyde PVT Abiather J. Knowles . CPL George H. Littlefield . MAJ Charles J. Loring, Jr. MAJ Charles P. Mattocks . SPEC 4 Thomas J. McMahon . CPL Henry A. McMasters LT COL Henry C. Merriam . CAPT A[u]gustus Merrill . CAPT Lewis L. Millett CAPT Walter G. Morrill . SGT Otis O. Roberts . SGT Donald Sidney Skidgel COL Charles H. Smith . LT COL Joseph S. Smith . PVT William Smith LT COL Andrew B. Spurling . CPL Wilbur N. Taylor . MAJ Sidney W. Thaxter SGT MAJ Edward P. Tobie . SGT Andrew J. Tozier . 1ST LT Robert T. Waugh PVT Henry W. Wheeler . 1ST LT Edward N. Whittier . 1ST LT H. Clay Wood MAJ Jay Zeamer, Jr. . PVT John Chapman SGT Marcus A. Hanna . Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon, U.S. NAVY , MARINE CORPS Cabin Boy John Angling . GM Charles J. Bibber Capt of Top John F. Bickford . Quartermaster Edward R. Bowman Ordinary Seaman Samuel W. Davis . BM Adam Duncan Quartermaster William Dunn . BM William Farley Seaman Herbert Louis Foss . GM John B. Frisbee Seaman Charles Giddings . Carpenter Cyrus Hayden COX Thomas Kendrick . Seaman John Mack Seaman Adam McCullock . Capt of Foretop James McLeod Quartermaster William B. Poole . Coal Heaver Charles Rice Capt of Hold John Robinson Paymasters Steward Richard E Seward . COX Charles H. Smith Coal Heaver James E. Sterling . COX Thomas Taylor BMC Othniel Tripp . QMC James W. Verney Sailmaker Anthony Williams . SN Horatio N. Young, Dedicated 12 May 1984 by The Honorable Joseph E. Brennan Governor of the State of Maine.

U.S. ARMY — AIR FORCE
1ST LT Adelbert Ames • SGT James E Baily • PVT Thomas Belcher
SGT Alonzo Bowman • SGT Brian L. Buker • COL Joshua L. Chamberlain
PVT John F. Chase • LT Charles A. Clark • SGT Clarence M. Condon
2ND LT Edward C. Dahlgren • CPL Thomas M. Doherty • CAPT Lewellyn G. Estes
1ST LT Albert E. Fernald • SGT William G. Fournier • CPL Clair Goodblood
CPL Moses C. Hanscom • SGT Frank W. Haskell • CPL Asbury E. Haynes
COL Francis S. Hesseltine • BRIG GEN Oliver O. Howard • MAJ Thomas W. Hyde
PVT Abiather J. Knowles • CPL George H. Littlefield • MAJ Charles J. Loring, Jr.
MAJ Charles P. Mattocks • SPEC 4 Thomas J. McMahon • CPL Henry A. McMasters
LT COL Henry C. Merriam • CAPT A[u]gustus Merrill • CAPT Lewis L. Millett
CAPT Walter G. Morrill • SGT Otis O. Roberts • SGT Donald Sidney Skidgel
COL Charles H. Smith • LT COL Joseph S. Smith • PVT William Smith
LT COL Andrew B. Spurling • CPL Wilbur N. Taylor • MAJ Sidney W. Thaxter
SGT MAJ Edward P. Tobie • SGT Andrew J. Tozier • 1ST LT Robert T. Waugh
PVT Henry W. Wheeler • 1ST LT Edward N. Whittier • 1ST LT H. Clay Wood
MAJ Jay Zeamer, Jr. • PVT John Chapman
SGT Marcus A. Hanna • Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon

U.S. NAVY — MARINE CORPS
Cabin Boy John Angling

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• GM Charles J. Bibber
Capt of Top John F. Bickford • Quartermaster Edward R. Bowman
Ordinary Seaman Samuel W. Davis • BM Adam Duncan
Quartermaster William Dunn • BM William Farley
Seaman Herbert Louis Foss • GM John B. Frisbee
Seaman Charles Giddings • Carpenter Cyrus Hayden
COX Thomas Kendrick • Seaman John Mack
Seaman Adam McCullock • Capt of Foretop James McLeod
Quartermaster William B. Poole • Coal Heaver Charles Rice
Capt of Hold John Robinson
Paymasters Steward Richard E Seward • COX Charles H. Smith
Coal Heaver James E. Sterling • COX Thomas Taylor
BMC Othniel Tripp • QMC James W. Verney
Sailmaker Anthony Williams • SN Horatio N. Young

Dedicated 12 May 1984
by
The Honorable Joseph E. Brennan
Governor of the State of Maine

Erected 1984 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° 6.279′ N, 75° 28.09′ 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.

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

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

2. Maine Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

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: Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Rhode Island Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New Hampshire Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); 29th Infantry Division Memorial Pavilion (within shouting distance of this marker); Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (about 400 feet away); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Maine Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients. Maine Kids website entry (Submitted on March 5, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 16, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

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

3. Maine Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

Maine Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker image. Click for full size.

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

4. Maine Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker

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

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

5. Maine State Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 16, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.