Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PVT Elijah W. Bacon, USA 1LT George W. Baird, USA
Capt Harvey C. Barnum, USMC PVT Wallace A. Beckwith, USA
1LT William S. Beebe, USA CPL Elijah A. Briggs, USA
CPL F. Clarence Buck, USA 1SGT Daniel W. Burke, USA
PVT Heth Canfield, USA BM Orson L. Crandall, USN
SGT MAJ John C. Curtis, USA CAPT Michael J. Daly, USA
PVT Charles D. Ennis, USA CPL Christopher Flynn, USA
1SGT Thomas H. Forsyth, USA PVT Nicholas Fox, USA
SGT Wesley Gibbs, USA C of F. Thomas Harding, USN
ILT Lee R. Hartell, USA CPL Nathan E. Hickok. USA
PVT Frank Hill, USMC SGT MAJ William B. Hincks, USA
CPL William B. Hooper, USA CAPT Samuel B. Horne, USA
CAPT William S. Hubbell, USA 1SGT Frederick R. Jackson, USA
PFC William J. Johnston, USA GSgt Allan J. Kellogg, Jr. USMC
ILT Aaron S. Lanfare, USA Sgt John L. Levitow, USAF
SGT George D. Libby, USA PFC John D. MaGrath, USA
QM Henry J. Manning, USN PVT Charles H. Marsh, USA PVT James T. Murphy, USA CAPT Edwin M. Neville, USA
CPL William O'Neill, USA CPL John G. Palmer, USA
BOY2 Oscar E. Peck, USN RMC Thomas J. Reeves, USN
SN George Rose, USN SN Richard Ryan, USN
CDR Herbert E. Schoniand, USN PFC Daniel J. Shea,
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SGT MAJ William E. Simonds, USA PFC William A. Soderman, USA
2Lt Ralph Talbot, USMC SGT Allen Tucker, USA
PVT Christopher W. Wilson, USA PVT Robert Wright, USA
CPT George W. Corpliss USA CPT Edward W. Whitaker, USA
TSgt John A. Chapman, USAF
Dedicated 20 May 1978
by
Hon. Ella Grasso
Governor of Connecticut
Erected 1978 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° 6.273′ N, 75° 28.147′ 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: Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Rhode Island Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Also see . . .
1. The Medal of Honor. State of Connecticut website entry (Submitted on March 16, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Connecticut Seal on Medal of Honor Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 338 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
