Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
SGT Ted Belcher USA · CPL Thomas W. Bennett USA
SGT Richard Boury USA · SGT John C. Buckley USA
SGT William Bumgarner USA · GMC Robert E. Cox USN
SGT Benjamin C. Criswell USA · 2LT Josiah M. Curtis USA
2LT James R. Durham USA · PVT John N. Eckes USA
ENS Hugh C. Frazer USN · CPL Antoine A. Gaujot USA
CAPT Julien E. Gaujot USA · SSGT Robert W. Hartsock USA
TSGT Clinton M Hedrick USA · CPL Leonidas H Inscho USA
CDR Claud A. Jones USN · SSGT Jonah E. Kelley USA
2LT Darwin K. Kyle USA · PVT Joseph McCauslin USA
PFC Phill G. McDonald USA · PVT Samuel O. McElhinny USA
CSGT Walter F. McWhorter USA · PVT George G. Moore USA
BM Henry N. Nickerson USN · PVT Joel Parsons USA
PFC Ralph E. Pomeroy USA · PVT Charles A. Reeder USA
LTC Charles C. Rogers USA · Bugler Charles Schorn USA
CPL Emisire Shahan USA · PVT John Shanes USA · SGT Levi Shoemaker USA · PVT James C. Summers USA
Sgt Herbert J. Thomas USMC · PVT Joseph van Matre USA · CPL Adam White USA
Cpl Hershel W. Williams USMC · PVT Daniel A. Woods USA
Dedicated by the
Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV
Governor of West Virginia
15 August 1981
Erected 1981 by Concerned
this page online
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° 6.296′ N, 75° 28.228′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. 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: Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Indiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients Who Were Born In West Virginia
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
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. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
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5. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
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6. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker
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7. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker
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8. West Virginia 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 307 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on January 31, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
