Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
PVT John H. Callahan, USA CPL John W. Collier, USA
TSGT Morris E. Crain, USA 2LT Thomas Cruse, USA
SGT John S. Darrough, USA 1SGT William L. Day, USA
1LT Carl H. Dodd, USA 1LT Benjamin F. Hardaway, USA
PVT William M. Harris, USA Drummer William H. Horsfall, USA
2LT Harry L. Hawthorne, USA CAPT John B. Kerr, USA
SGT Peter C. Lemon, USA SGT Gary Lee Littrell, USA
SGT Donald R. Long, USA PVT Henry B. Mattingly, USA
PVT Franklin M. McDonald, USA SGT Francis M. McMillen [USA]
PFC David P. Nash, USA PVT Oliver P. Rood, USA
PFC Wilburn K. Ross, USA SGT Willie Sandlin, USA
PVT George Scott, USA SGT Thomas Shaw, USA
PFC David M. Smith, USA SSGT Junior J. Spurrier, USA
SGT John C. Squires, USA PVT William Steinmetz, USA
PVT Thomas W. Stevens, USA SSGT Jimmy G. Stewart, USA
PVT Thomas Sullivan, USA PFC Ernest E. West, USA SGT Brent Woods, USA
MAJ John F. Weston, USA Capt William E. Barber, USMC SN Edward W. Boers, USN
Cpl Richard Earl Bush, USMC WT Edward A. Clary, USN
Quarter Gunner George Holt, USN PFC Wesley Phelps, USMC
PFC Luther Skaggs, Jr., USMC PVT James J. Nash, USA
SGT Dakota L. Meyer, USMC
Dr. Mary E. Walker, Contract
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Civilian, USA
CPL Oliver Hughes, USA CPL Andrew J. Smith, USA
Farrier William H. Jones, USA SSGT Don Jenkins, USA
1LT Garlin M. Conner, USA
[presumed sponsor marker missing]
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° 6.305′ N, 75° 28.232′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from McKinney Lane. 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: West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Kentucky. Medal of Honor Historical Society website entry (Submitted on March 20, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Kentucky Medal of Honor Dedication/Sponsor Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Kentucky Commonwealth Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 229 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 29, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
