Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
2LT George G. Benedict, USA · 1LT Frank G. Butterfield, USA
1LT John W. Clark, USA · SGT Robert J. Coffey, USA
1LT George E. Davis, USA · CPL Charles W. Dolloff, USA
SGT Henry W. Downs, USA · SGT James Drury, USA
CAPT Ira H. Evans, USA · CAPT Charles G. Gould, USA
COL Lewis A. Grant, USA · SGT Lester G. Hack, USA
SGT Ephraim W. Harrington, USA · 1LT Gardner C. Hawkins, USA
COL William W. Henry, USA · 1SGT Edward A. Holton, USA
1SGT Squire E. Howard, USA · PVT Lewis J. Ingalls, USA
1LT Erastus W. Jewett, USA · PVT Franklin Johndro, USA
MUS Willie Johnston, USA · 1LT Josiah 0. Livingston, USA
CAPT John Lonergan, USA · CPL Frederick A. Lyon, USA
PVT Michael McCormick, USA · CAPT Henry C. Nichols, USA · PVT William W. Noyes, USA · PVT Cassius Peck, USA
1LT Theodore S. Peck, USA · CAPT Samuel E. Pingree, USA · LCOL William Y. W. Ripley, USA
2LT Augustus J. Robbins, USA · SGT Jackson Sargent, USA · CPL Alexander Scott, USA
DRUMMER Julian A. Scott, USA · COL Thomas O. Seaver, USA · MAJ William J. Sperry, USA
PVT James Sweeney, USA · COL Stephen Thomas, USA
LCOL Amasa A. Tracy, USA · COL Wheelock G. Veasey, USA
MAJ William Wells, USA · 1LT Daniel D. Wheeler, USA
SGT Eri D. Woodbury,
this page online
TM2 Henry Breault, USN · WT Patrick F. Bresnahan, USN
COL Merritt A. Edson, USMC · CDR L. P. Ramage, USN
Dedicated by
The Honorable Richard Snelling
Governor of Vermont
9 June 1980
Erected 1980 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° 6.291′ N, 75° 28.149′ 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: New York Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New Hampshire Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Rhode Island Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients Obelisk
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients Who Were Born In Vermont. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on March 18, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on January 31, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Vermont State Seal on Memorial Obelisk
Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 31, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 31, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
