Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Charles B. Tanner - 2nd LT INF USA - Civil War 1862
James Parke Postles - CPT INF USA - Civil War 1863
John B. Maberry - PVT INF USA - Civil War 1863
Bernard McCarren - CPL INF USA - Civil War 1863
John Shilling III - 1st SGT INF USA - Civil War 1864
Henry A. Du Pont - CPT ART USA - Civil War 1864
David E. Buckingham - 1st LT INF USA - Civil War 1865
Samuel Rodmond Smith - CPT INF USA - Civil War 1865
Griffin Seward - Wagoner INF USA - Indian Campaigns 1869
Leonard Chadwick - Appr 1st Class, USN - War With Spain 1898
Charles H. Pierce PVT INF USA - Philippine Island, 1899
William Lloyd Nelson - SGT INF USA - WWII 1943
James S. P. Connor - SGT INF USA - WWII 1944
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° 6.266′ N, 75° 28.171′ 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
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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: New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Maryland Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients (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 Delaware. 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
2. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
3. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
4. Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
5. Delaware 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 192 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 31, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
