Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients

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1. Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients. . CPL Abner P. Allen, USA · CPL Jake Allex, USA · 1LT Johannes S. Anderson, USA 1LT James W. Archer, USA · QG Charles Asten, USN · PVT John G. K. Ayers, USA Maj Kenneth D. Bailey, USMC · SGT John F. Baker, Jr., USA PVT Neil Bancroft, USA · 1LT Matthew A. Batson, USA SSGT Stanley Bender, USA · PVT George Berg, USA MSGT Vito R. Bertoldo, USA · CPL Matthew Bickford, USA WT1 Elmer Charles Bigelow, USNR · LTC John C. Black, USA CPL William P. Black, USA · SP4 Michael R. Blanchfield, USA COL Welis H. Blodgett, USA · PVT John G. Bourke, USA PVT Emmer Bowen, USA · PFC Daniel D. Bruce, USMC PFC Robert C. Burke, USMC · PVT William W. Burritt, USA PVT John H. Callahan, USA · SGT Horace Capron, Jr., USA COL Eugene A. Carr, USA · SN John Catherwood, USN SSGT Clyde L. Choate, USA · CPL Samuel J. Churchill, USA SGT Carlos W. Colby, USA · SGT John H. Cook, USA SN Henry C. Courtney, USN · CPL Robert M. Cox, USA PVT John Creed, USA · CPT John P Cromwell, USA BM Willie Cronan, USN · PVT James S. Cunningham, USA CPT James M. Cutts, USA · SGT James T. Daniels, USA SGT John S. Farrough, USA · SGT Martin K. Davis, USA CPL Emilio A. de la Garza, Jr., USMC · SGT David Dickey, USA BM Henry Dow, USN · TSGT Russell E. Dunham, USA Cpl Robert H. Dunlap, USMCR · CPL James Dunne, USA SGT Michael B. Ellis, USA · CPL John P. Fardy, USMC SGTM John M. Farquhar, USA · Pilot John H. Ferrell [Civilian] 1LT John H. Fisher, USA · CDR Eugene B. Fluckey, USN SGT James E. Flynn, USA · SGT Henry Fox, USA PVT William W. Fraser, USA · PVT Christopher Freemeyer, USA PVT Richard J. Gage, USA · PVT Harold A. Garman, USA TSGT Robert E. Gerstung, USA · CPT Nicholas Geschwind, USA T5 Eric G. Gibson, USA · 1LT Harold Ernest Gottler, USA PVT Theodore Goldin, USA · PVT Andrew Goldsbery, USA PVT Newton T. Gould, USA · SN Rade Grbitch, USN 1SGT Sydney G. Gumpertz, USA · PVT John Hall, USA CPL Lester Hammond, Jr., USA · Chaplain Milton L, Haney, USA LTC Douglas Hapeman, USA · PVT Henry M. Hardenbergh, USA SP4 Carmel B. Harvey, Jr, USA · Sgt John H. Helms, USMC SGT James Henry, USA · SGT Thomas J. Higgins, USA CPL Patrick Highland, USA · CPL Ralyn M. Hill, USA PVT George Hobday, USA · CPL Lemuel F. Holland, USA BM1 William E. Holyoke, USN · PVT George L. Houghton, USA MUS Orion P. Howe, USN · F1 James L. Hull, USN 1SGT Theodore Hyatt, USA · SGT Henry J. Hyde, USA SN John Hyland, USN · CPT Samuel Hymer, USA LT Edouard V. M. Izac, USN · CPL Elisha Johns, USA PVT Andrew Johnson, USA · PVT David Johnston, USA PFC Harold I. Johnston, USA · LANDSMAN William P. Johnston, USN 1LT Simeon T. Josselyn, USA · PFC Kenneth M. Kays, USA SGT Leonard B. Keller, USA · SGT Leverett M. Keller, USA Pvt John Joseph Kelley, USMC · CPL John J. H. Kelly, USA PVT Charles H. Kloth, USA · SGT Joseph F. Knight, USA PVT George Kretsinger, USA · PFC Anthony L. Krotiak, USA CPT Edward C. Kryzowski, USA · PVT Joseph S. Labill, USA CPL James W. Larrabee, USA · 2LT John H. Leims, USMCR HA1 Fred F. Lester, USN · PVT Berger Loman, USA PVT Robert A. Lower, USA · PVT George W. Lucas, USA SGT Allen J. Lynch, USA · SGT George Marsh, USA CPT Joseph J. McCarthy, USMCR · 2LT Edward J. McClernand, USA CPT Samuel McConnell, USA · BM Michael McCormick, USN PVT Andrew McCornack, USA · PVT John Wade McDonald, USA SGT Thomas McGraw, USA · PVT Patrick McGuire, USA 1LT Nineveh S. McKeen, USA · CPL James K. Merrifield, USA CM William Meyer, USN · 1LT Edward S. Michael, USA CPT Henry A. Miller, USA · PVT Jacob C. Miller, USA SN Hugh Molloy, USN · PFC James H. Monroe, USA PVT Wilburen E. Moore, USA · PVT Sterling Morelock, USA PVT Jerome Morford, USA · PFC Edward J. Moskala, USA SN Hugh P. Mullin, USN · MUS Robinson B. Murphy, USA CPL Thomas C. Murphy, USA · PVT Marcellus J. Newman, USA PVT John O'Dea, USA · 1LT Menomen O'Donnell, USA 1LT Carlos C. Ogden, USA · PFC Milton L. Olive, III, USA LT Weedon E. Osborne, USN · Pvt Joseph W. Ozbourn, USMC MUS George H. Palmer, USA · CPL James W. Parks, USA 1LT Thomas H.L. Payne, USA · CPT Patrick H. Pentzer, USA PFC Manuel Perez, Jr., USA · 1SGT Edward M. Pike, USA CPL Thomas A. Pope, USA · COL Philip Sidney Post, USA CPT Wesley J. Powers, Jr., USA · Sgt James L. Poynter, USMC CPL Winthrop D. Putman, USA · SGT George F. Rebman, USA Pvt William Reed, USA · MM1 Charles C. Roberts, USN SGT James W. Robinson, USA · GSgt Robert G. Robinson, USMC PVT Charles W. Rundle, USA · PVT Jacob Sanford, USA PVT Benjamin W. Schenck, USA · 1LT Christian F. Schilt, USMC MAJ John M. Schofield, USA · SGT Henry F. Schroeder, USA Maj Louis J. Sebille, USAF · PVT John Shapland, USA LT William T. Simmons, USA · PVT Oscar Slagle, USA PVT Reuben S. Smalley, USA · SGT Edward B. Spalding, USA CPL Benona Sprague, USA · PVT William G. Stephens, USA RADM James B. Stockdale, USN · 1LT George H. Stockman, USA PVT George Stokes, USA · PVT James Sumner, USA SGT Henry H. Taylor, USA · SGT William Toomer, USA 2LT Walter E. Truemper, USA · Pvt Oscar J. Upham, USMC 2LT James D. Vernay, USA · 2LT Victor Vifquain, USA 1LT Leroy H. Vokes, USA · PVT Thomas J. Ward, USA CPL John Warden, USA · MUS Alason P. Webber, USA LCpl Lester W. Weber, USMC · LTC Loyd Wheaton, USA CPT Patrick H. White, USA · PVT John Whitmore, USA CPL Jerry W. Wickam, USA · PVT Andrew J. Widick, USA PVT Ellwood N. Williams, USA · 1Lt Ernest Calvin Williams, USMC 2LT Arthur H. Wilson, USA · CPL Charles Wilson, USA PFC Robert Lee Wilson, USMC · PFC Frank P. Witek, USMCR CPT Richard H. Wood, USA · Cpl James L. Day, USMC LANDSMAN Daniel Noble USN · CPL James McDonald USA PVT Joseph Watson, USA, Illinois Area Dedication September 17, 1969 Given by the Grateful Citizens of Illinois, Dedication of this granite obelisk June 23, 1994 by the Honorable Jim Edgar Governor of Illinois.

CPL Abner P. Allen, USA · CPL Jake Allex, USA · 1LT Johannes S. Anderson, USA
1LT James W. Archer, USA · QG Charles Asten, USN · PVT John G. K. Ayers, USA
Maj Kenneth D. Bailey, USMC · SGT John F. Baker, Jr., USA
PVT Neil Bancroft, USA · 1LT Matthew A. Batson, USA
SSGT Stanley Bender, USA · PVT George Berg, USA
MSGT Vito R. Bertoldo, USA · CPL Matthew Bickford, USA
WT1 Elmer Charles Bigelow, USNR · LTC John C. Black, USA
CPL William P. Black, USA · SP4 Michael R. Blanchfield, USA
COL Welis H. Blodgett, USA · PVT John G. Bourke, USA
PVT Emmer Bowen, USA · PFC Daniel D. Bruce, USMC
PFC Robert C. Burke, USMC · PVT William W. Burritt, USA
PVT John H. Callahan, USA · SGT Horace Capron, Jr., USA
COL Eugene A. Carr, USA · SN John Catherwood, USN
SSGT Clyde L. Choate, USA · CPL Samuel J. Churchill, USA
SGT Carlos W. Colby, USA · SGT John H. Cook, USA
SN Henry C. Courtney, USN · CPL Robert M. Cox, USA
PVT John Creed, USA · CPT John P Cromwell, USA
BM Willie Cronan, USN · PVT James S. Cunningham, USA
CPT James M. Cutts, USA · SGT James T. Daniels, USA
SGT John S. Farrough, USA · SGT Martin K. Davis, USA
CPL Emilio A. de la Garza, Jr., USMC · SGT David Dickey, USA
BM Henry Dow, USN · TSGT Russell E. Dunham, USA
Cpl Robert H.

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Dunlap, USMCR · CPL James Dunne, USA
SGT Michael B. Ellis, USA · CPL John P. Fardy, USMC
SGTM John M. Farquhar, USA · Pilot John H. Ferrell [Civilian]
1LT John H. Fisher, USA · CDR Eugene B. Fluckey, USN
SGT James E. Flynn, USA · SGT Henry Fox, USA
PVT William W. Fraser, USA · PVT Christopher Freemeyer, USA
PVT Richard J. Gage, USA · PVT Harold A. Garman, USA
TSGT Robert E. Gerstung, USA · CPT Nicholas Geschwind, USA
T5 Eric G. Gibson, USA · 1LT Harold Ernest Gottler, USA
PVT Theodore Goldin, USA · PVT Andrew Goldsbery, USA
PVT Newton T. Gould, USA · SN Rade Grbitch, USN
1SGT Sydney G. Gumpertz, USA · PVT John Hall, USA
CPL Lester Hammond, Jr., USA · Chaplain Milton L, Haney, USA
LTC Douglas Hapeman, USA · PVT Henry M. Hardenbergh, USA
SP4 Carmel B. Harvey, Jr, USA · Sgt John H. Helms, USMC
SGT James Henry, USA · SGT Thomas J. Higgins, USA
CPL Patrick Highland, USA · CPL Ralyn M. Hill, USA
PVT George Hobday, USA · CPL Lemuel F. Holland, USA
BM1 William E. Holyoke, USN · PVT George L. Houghton, USA
MUS Orion P. Howe, USN · F1 James L. Hull, USN
1SGT Theodore Hyatt, USA · SGT Henry J. Hyde, USA
SN John Hyland, USN · CPT Samuel Hymer, USA
LT Edouard V. M. Izac, USN · CPL Elisha Johns, USA
PVT Andrew Johnson, USA · PVT David Johnston, USA
PFC Harold I. Johnston, USA

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2. Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

· LANDSMAN William P. Johnston, USN
1LT Simeon T. Josselyn, USA · PFC Kenneth M. Kays, USA
SGT Leonard B. Keller, USA · SGT Leverett M. Keller, USA
Pvt John Joseph Kelley, USMC · CPL John J. H. Kelly, USA
PVT Charles H. Kloth, USA · SGT Joseph F. Knight, USA
PVT George Kretsinger, USA · PFC Anthony L. Krotiak, USA
CPT Edward C. Kryzowski, USA · PVT Joseph S. Labill, USA
CPL James W. Larrabee, USA · 2LT John H. Leims, USMCR
HA1 Fred F. Lester, USN · PVT Berger Loman, USA
PVT Robert A. Lower, USA · PVT George W. Lucas, USA
SGT Allen J. Lynch, USA · SGT George Marsh, USA
CPT Joseph J. McCarthy, USMCR · 2LT Edward J. McClernand, USA
CPT Samuel McConnell, USA · BM Michael McCormick, USN
PVT Andrew McCornack, USA · PVT John Wade McDonald, USA
SGT Thomas McGraw, USA · PVT Patrick McGuire, USA
1LT Nineveh S. McKeen, USA · CPL James K. Merrifield, USA
CM William Meyer, USN · 1LT Edward S. Michael, USA
CPT Henry A. Miller, USA · PVT Jacob C. Miller, USA
SN Hugh Molloy, USN · PFC James H. Monroe, USA
PVT Wilburen E. Moore, USA · PVT Sterling Morelock, USA
PVT Jerome Morford, USA · PFC Edward J. Moskala, USA
SN Hugh P. Mullin, USN · MUS Robinson B. Murphy, USA
CPL Thomas C. Murphy, USA · PVT Marcellus J. Newman, USA
PVT John O'Dea, USA · 1LT Menomen O'Donnell, USA
1LT Carlos

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3. Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

C. Ogden, USA · PFC Milton L. Olive, III, USA
LT Weedon E. Osborne, USN · Pvt Joseph W. Ozbourn, USMC
MUS George H. Palmer, USA · CPL James W. Parks, USA
1LT Thomas H.L. Payne, USA · CPT Patrick H. Pentzer, USA
PFC Manuel Perez, Jr., USA · 1SGT Edward M. Pike, USA
CPL Thomas A. Pope, USA · COL Philip Sidney Post, USA
CPT Wesley J. Powers, Jr., USA · Sgt James L. Poynter, USMC
CPL Winthrop D. Putman, USA · SGT George F. Rebman, USA
Pvt William Reed, USA · MM1 Charles C. Roberts, USN
SGT James W. Robinson, USA · GSgt Robert G. Robinson, USMC
PVT Charles W. Rundle, USA · PVT Jacob Sanford, USA
PVT Benjamin W. Schenck, USA · 1LT Christian F. Schilt, USMC
MAJ John M. Schofield, USA · SGT Henry F. Schroeder, USA
Maj Louis J. Sebille, USAF · PVT John Shapland, USA
LT William T. Simmons, USA · PVT Oscar Slagle, USA
PVT Reuben S. Smalley, USA · SGT Edward B. Spalding, USA
CPL Benona Sprague, USA · PVT William G. Stephens, USA
RADM James B. Stockdale, USN · 1LT George H. Stockman, USA
PVT George Stokes, USA · PVT James Sumner, USA
SGT Henry H. Taylor, USA · SGT William Toomer, USA
2LT Walter E. Truemper, USA · Pvt Oscar J. Upham, USMC
2LT James D. Vernay, USA · 2LT Victor Vifquain, USA
1LT Leroy H. Vokes, USA · PVT Thomas J. Ward, USA
CPL John Warden, USA · MUS Alason P. Webber,

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4. Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

USA
LCpl Lester W. Weber, USMC · LTC Loyd Wheaton, USA
CPT Patrick H. White, USA · PVT John Whitmore, USA
CPL Jerry W. Wickam, USA · PVT Andrew J. Widick, USA
PVT Ellwood N. Williams, USA · 1Lt Ernest Calvin Williams, USMC
2LT Arthur H. Wilson, USA · CPL Charles Wilson, USA
PFC Robert Lee Wilson, USMC · PFC Frank P. Witek, USMCR
CPT Richard H. Wood, USA · Cpl James L. Day, USMC
LANDSMAN Daniel Noble USN · CPL James McDonald USA
PVT Joseph Watson, USA

Illinois Area Dedication
September 17, 1969
Given by the Grateful Citizens of Illinois

Dedication of this granite obelisk
June 23, 1994
by the Honorable Jim Edgar
Governor of Illinois

Erected by the Grateful Citizens of Illinois and Concerned 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° 6.344′ N, 75° 28.203′ W. Marker is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Marker is in the Medal of Honor Grove on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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5. Illinois Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication Marker

marker. Minnesota Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); North Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Wisconsin Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Montana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); South Dakota Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky 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. Medal of Honor Recipients. (Submitted on February 3, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on February 3, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

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6. Illinois State Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 72 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 3, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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