Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PVT Charles P. Cantrell, USA 1ST LT Josephus S. Cecil, USA
CPL Harrison Collins, USA S/SGT Raymond H. Cooley, USA
T/SGT Charles H. Coolidge, USA SFC Ray E. Duke, USA
1ST LT James A. Gardner, USA 1ST LT George L. Gillespie, USA
SGT George Grant, USA 2ND LT Allen J. Greer, USA
SEAMAN Bolden Reush Harrison, USN CPL Paul B. Huff, USA
S/SGT Don J. Jenkins, USA SGT George Jordan, USA
SGT James E. Karnes, USA Sgt Elbert Luther Kinser, USMC
1ST SGT Gaines Lawson, USA 1ST SGT Milo Lemert, USA
CPL William F. Lyell, USA M/SGT Charles L. McGaha, USA
T/SGT Vernon McGarity, USA CPL William W. Morris, USA
HC2DC David Robert Ray, USN Sgt Walter K. Singleton, USMC
PVT Benoni Strivson, USA SGT Edward R. Talley, USA
PVT Calvin John Ward, USA CPL Seth L. Weld, USA
PHMIC John Harland Willis, USN CPL Alvin C. York, USA
Erected 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° 6.295′ N, 75° 28.257′
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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: Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Nebraska Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
Also see . . .
1. Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients. National Medal of Honor Heritage Center 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
2. Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Tennessee State Seal on 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 256 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 26, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
