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

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023

1. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients. . 2LT John G. B. Adams, USA . Sgt John Mapes Adams, USMC Cpl Harry Chapman Adriance, USMC . CPL Nathaniel H. Allen, USA PVT Frederick C. Anderson, USA . YN Thomas E. Atkinson, USN BM James Barnum, USN . SN Philip Bazaar, USN . 1LT Raymond O. Beaudoin, USA CPL Charles A. Bessey, USA . BM William Bond, USN . CPL Orlando Boss, USA CPL Samuel Bowden, USA . Landsman A. Bradley, USN . PVT James Brady, USA SN Christopher Brennan, USN . 2LT Lloyd M. Brett, USA . 1SGT John H. Brown, USA PVT Robert Buffum, USA . CAPT James M. Burt, USA PFC William Robert Caddy, USMC . Pvt Daniel Campbell, USMC SGT William H. Carney, USA . Pvt William Louis Carr, USMC CPL Anthony J. Carson, USA . 2LT Robert G. Carter, USA SGT Henry F. Chandler, USA . COX James B. Chandler, USN SN Michael Connolly, USN . Pvt James Cooney, USMC . CPL Gordon M. Craig [USA] BM Thomas Cramen, USN . PVT Charles Crandall, USA Trumpeter Michael Dawson, USA . CPL Joseph H. De Castro, USA SSGT Arthur F. De Franzo, USA . SN John Dempsey, USN . C of T M. Deneef, USN BM Richard Dennis, USN . HM Richard D. Dewert, USN PVT Michael A. Dillon, USA . CAPT Francis S. Dodge, USA BM2 John J. Doran. USN . PVT John Duffey, USA PVT Samuel E. Eddy, USA . CAPT Thomas F. Ellsworth, USA Landsman John Enright, USN . CAPT Robert F. Foley, USA 1LT Eugene W. Ferris, USA . Sgt Albert B. Forsterer, USMC PVT Charles N. Gardner, USA . SGT Robert J. Gardner, USA CPL Harry Garland, USA . SGT Levi B. Gaylord, USA SGT Edward H. Gibson, USA . Pvt David L. Gifford, USA Landsman Frank S. Gile, USN . GM1 Freeman Gill, USN EM3 Edward A. Gisburne, USN . PVT David Goodman, USA SGT Peter Grace, USA . LT John Grady, USN 1LT Joseph X. Grant, USA . C of F. John Griffiths, USN SN Luke M. Griswold, USN . CPL John Haddoo, USA QM Thomas W. Hamilton, USN . SGT Richard P. Hanley, USA SN John Handran, USN . 1Lt Robert M. Hanson, USMC PVT John H. Harbourne, USA . SN Thomas Harcourt, USN Landsman Daniel Harrington, USN . SN George H. Harrison, USN MM1 William Hart, USN . SGT Marcus M. Haskell, USA Capt Walter N. Hill, USMC . SGT Conrad Homan, USA 1LT George W. Hooker, USA . GM James Horton, USN C of T James Horton, USN . SN Lewis A. Horton, USN BM Peter Howard, USN . SGT William H. Howe, USA LT(JG) Thomas J. Hudner Jr., USN . Pvt Martin Hunt, USMC SGT Charles A. Hunter, USA . PVT Lewis J. Ingalls, USA C of T John H. James, USN . SGT Benjamin H. Jellison, USA PVT Elden H. Johnson, USA . Sgt Joseph R. Julian, USMC SGT Leopold Karpeles, USA . Pvt Michael Kearney, USMC WT Francis Kelly, USN . QM Barnett Kenna, USN SN Thomas Kersey, USN . Landsman Patrick J. Kyle, USN SN Bartlett Laffey, USN . SGT Edwin Leonard, USA SGT William B. Lewis, USA . C of A Hugh Logan, USN PVT James Lowthers, USA . LCDR Alexander G. Lyle, USN SGT Alphonso M. Lunt, USA . PVT James H. Luther, USA CPL Frederick A. Lyon, USA . SN Thomas Lyons, USN 1LT Arthur Macarthur Jr., USA . BMC John MacKenzie, USN SN Edward Maddin, USN . PVT Joseph S. Manning, USA Ass't Sur George W. Mathews, USA . CPL David A. Matthews, USA CPL Lowell M. Maxham, USA . BM John McDonald, USN C of F John McFarland, USN . PVT Daniel McKinley, USA SSgt John J. McGinty III, USMC . 1SGT David H. McNerney, USA TM1 John Mihalowski, USN . SN Harry H. Miller, USN QM James Miller, USN . SN Willard Miller, USN COL Nelson A. Miles, USA . PFC Walter C. Monegan Jr, USMC BM William Moore, USN . 2LT Louis C. Mosher, USA CAPT Myles Moylan, USA . Mate Frederick Muller, USN PFC Frederick C. Murphy, USA . PVT George H. Nee, USA SGT Frederick S. Neilon, USA . SN William Newland, USN Sgt Christopher Nugent, USMC . COX Oliver O'Brien, USN CDR Joseph T. O'Callahan, USNR . PVT Michael O'Regan, USA SN Anton Olsen, USN . SGT William Osborne, USA PVT William H. Osborne, USA . SN David G. Ouellet, USN PFC Joseph R. Ouellette, USA . PFC Michael J. Perkins, USA SN Richard Pile, USN . SGT MAJ Charles H. Pinkham, USA SGT Thomas Plunkett, USA . Capt Everett P. Pope, USMC 1Lt John V. Power, USMC . C of T George Prance, USN Cpl Thomas F. Prendergast, USMC . Landsman John Preston, USN PFC Ernest W Prussman, USA . CPL Winthrop D. Putnam USA Bugler Charles W. Reed USA . QM Jeremiah Regan, USN MAJ Edmund Rice, USA . 1SGT Carlos H. Rich, USA Landsman John P. Rilley, USN . FN1 John Rountry, USN COX Francis T. Ryan, USN . C of T William Sadler, USN QM James Saunders, USN . SN Auzella Savage, USN BGEN Rufus Saxton, USA . Pvt David J. Scannell, USMC Pvt Joseph F. Scott, USMC . SN William Seach, USN C of F John Smith, USN . PVT Thomas Smith, USA Trumpeter Elmer A. Snow, USA . SN William B. Stacy, USN Shellman William A. Stanley, USN . QM Daniel D. Stevens, USN CDR Herman O. Stickney, USN . Pvt Edward Sullivan, USMC BM James F. Sullivan, USN . SN John Swanson, USN Landsman William Sweeney, USN . PVT Charles A. Taggart, USA C of F William Talbott, USN . SGT John D. Terry, USA SN Henry Thielberg, USN . SGT Charles H. Tracy, USA SN William Troy, USN . SGT Charles W. Turner, USA 1SGT James H. Turpin, USA . Cpl Joseph Vittori, USMC PVT Frank O. Walker, USA . GSgt William G. Walsh, USMC SGT James Ward, USA . PVT Frank M. Whitman, USA MAJ Charles W. Whittlesey, USA . MM Charles H. Willey, USN CPL Edward G. Wilkin, USA . SN Augustus Williams, USN COX George Willis, USN . Ass't Sur Leonard Wood, USA PVT Samuel C. Wright, USA . PFC John A. Barnes III, USA HM3 Wayne M. Caron, USN . LCDR Thomas G. Kelley, USN 1LT Stephen H. Doane, USA . SGT Rodney J. Evans, USA QMS Matthew Arther, USN . PVT Philip Baybutt, USA COX Albert Beyer, USN . QM Frank Bois, USN SGT Andrew S. Bryant, USA . PVT Thomas J. Callen, USA GM1 George Charette, USN . SN Edward W. Hathaway, USN PVT James Holehouse, USA . SN Franz Kramer, USN C of A William Parker, USN . PVT James Pym, USA QMS William Thompson, USN . PVT George G. Wortman, USA SGT Ryan M. Pitts, USA . SFC Jared C. Monti, USA Chief Britt K. Slabinski, USN, [There was a missing marker when photographed], Dedicated 6 April 1974.

2LT John G. B. Adams, USA • Sgt John Mapes Adams, USMC
Cpl Harry Chapman Adriance, USMC • CPL Nathaniel H. Allen, USA
PVT Frederick C. Anderson, USA • YN Thomas E. Atkinson, USN
BM James Barnum, USN • SN Philip Bazaar, USN • 1LT Raymond O. Beaudoin, USA
CPL Charles A. Bessey, USA • BM William Bond, USN • CPL Orlando Boss, USA
CPL Samuel Bowden, USA • Landsman A. Bradley, USN • PVT James Brady, USA
SN Christopher Brennan, USN • 2LT Lloyd M. Brett, USA • 1SGT John H. Brown, USA
PVT Robert Buffum, USA • CAPT James M. Burt, USA
PFC William Robert Caddy, USMC • Pvt Daniel Campbell, USMC
SGT William H. Carney, USA • Pvt William Louis Carr, USMC
CPL Anthony J. Carson, USA • 2LT Robert G. Carter, USA
SGT Henry F. Chandler, USA • COX James B. Chandler, USN
SN Michael Connolly, USN • Pvt James Cooney, USMC • CPL Gordon M. Craig [USA]
BM Thomas Cramen, USN • PVT Charles Crandall, USA
Trumpeter Michael Dawson, USA • CPL Joseph H. De Castro, USA
SSGT Arthur F. De Franzo, USA • SN John Dempsey, USN • C of T M. Deneef, USN
BM Richard Dennis, USN • HM Richard D. Dewert, USN
PVT Michael A. Dillon, USA • CAPT Francis S. Dodge, USA
BM2 John J. Doran. USN • PVT John Duffey, USA
PVT Samuel E. Eddy, USA • CAPT Thomas F. Ellsworth, USA
Landsman

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John Enright, USN • CAPT Robert F. Foley, USA
1LT Eugene W. Ferris, USA • Sgt Albert B. Forsterer, USMC
PVT Charles N. Gardner, USA • SGT Robert J. Gardner, USA
CPL Harry Garland, USA • SGT Levi B. Gaylord, USA
SGT Edward H. Gibson, USA • Pvt David L. Gifford, USA
Landsman Frank S. Gile, USN • GM1 Freeman Gill, USN
EM3 Edward A. Gisburne, USN • PVT David Goodman, USA
SGT Peter Grace, USA • LT John Grady, USN
1LT Joseph X. Grant, USA • C of F. John Griffiths, USN
SN Luke M. Griswold, USN • CPL John Haddoo, USA
QM Thomas W. Hamilton, USN • SGT Richard P. Hanley, USA
SN John Handran, USN • 1Lt Robert M. Hanson, USMC
PVT John H. Harbourne, USA • SN Thomas Harcourt, USN
Landsman Daniel Harrington, USN • SN George H. Harrison, USN
MM1 William Hart, USN • SGT Marcus M. Haskell, USA
Capt Walter N. Hill, USMC • SGT Conrad Homan, USA
1LT George W. Hooker, USA • GM James Horton, USN
C of T James Horton, USN • SN Lewis A. Horton, USN
BM Peter Howard, USN • SGT William H. Howe, USA
LT(JG) Thomas J. Hudner Jr., USN • Pvt Martin Hunt, USMC
SGT Charles A. Hunter, USA • PVT Lewis J. Ingalls, USA
C of T John H. James, USN • SGT Benjamin H. Jellison, USA
PVT Elden H. Johnson, USA • Sgt Joseph R. Julian, USMC
SGT Leopold Karpeles, USA • Pvt Michael Kearney, USMC
WT Francis Kelly,

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2. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

USN • QM Barnett Kenna, USN
SN Thomas Kersey, USN • Landsman Patrick J. Kyle, USN
SN Bartlett Laffey, USN • SGT Edwin Leonard, USA
SGT William B. Lewis, USA • C of A Hugh Logan, USN
PVT James Lowthers, USA • LCDR Alexander G. Lyle, USN
SGT Alphonso M. Lunt, USA • PVT James H. Luther, USA
CPL Frederick A. Lyon, USA • SN Thomas Lyons, USN
1LT Arthur Macarthur Jr., USA • BMC John MacKenzie, USN
SN Edward Maddin, USN • PVT Joseph S. Manning, USA
Ass't Sur George W. Mathews, USA • CPL David A. Matthews, USA
CPL Lowell M. Maxham, USA • BM John McDonald, USN
C of F John McFarland, USN • PVT Daniel McKinley, USA
SSgt John J. McGinty III, USMC • 1SGT David H. McNerney, USA
TM1 John Mihalowski, USN • SN Harry H. Miller, USN
QM James Miller, USN • SN Willard Miller, USN
COL Nelson A. Miles, USA • PFC Walter C. Monegan Jr, USMC
BM William Moore, USN • 2LT Louis C. Mosher, USA
CAPT Myles Moylan, USA • Mate Frederick Muller, USN
PFC Frederick C. Murphy, USA • PVT George H. Nee, USA
SGT Frederick S. Neilon, USA • SN William Newland, USN
Sgt Christopher Nugent, USMC • COX Oliver O'Brien, USN
CDR Joseph T. O'Callahan, USNR • PVT Michael O'Regan, USA
SN Anton Olsen, USN • SGT William Osborne, USA
PVT William H. Osborne, USA • SN David G. Ouellet, USN
PFC Joseph R. Ouellette, USA

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3. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

• PFC Michael J. Perkins, USA
SN Richard Pile, USN • SGT MAJ Charles H. Pinkham, USA
SGT Thomas Plunkett, USA • Capt Everett P. Pope, USMC
1Lt John V. Power, USMC • C of T George Prance, USN
Cpl Thomas F. Prendergast, USMC • Landsman John Preston, USN
PFC Ernest W Prussman, USA • CPL Winthrop D. Putnam USA
Bugler Charles W. Reed USA • QM Jeremiah Regan, USN
MAJ Edmund Rice, USA • 1SGT Carlos H. Rich, USA
Landsman John P. Rilley, USN • FN1 John Rountry, USN
COX Francis T. Ryan, USN • C of T William Sadler, USN
QM James Saunders, USN • SN Auzella Savage, USN
BGEN Rufus Saxton, USA • Pvt David J. Scannell, USMC
Pvt Joseph F. Scott, USMC • SN William Seach, USN
C of F John Smith, USN • PVT Thomas Smith, USA
Trumpeter Elmer A. Snow, USA • SN William B. Stacy, USN
Shellman William A. Stanley, USN • QM Daniel D. Stevens, USN
CDR Herman O. Stickney, USN • Pvt Edward Sullivan, USMC
BM James F. Sullivan, USN • SN John Swanson, USN
Landsman William Sweeney, USN • PVT Charles A. Taggart, USA
C of F William Talbott, USN • SGT John D. Terry, USA
SN Henry Thielberg, USN • SGT Charles H. Tracy, USA
SN William Troy, USN • SGT Charles W. Turner, USA
1SGT James H. Turpin, USA • Cpl Joseph Vittori, USMC
PVT Frank O. Walker, USA • GSgt William G. Walsh, USMC
SGT James Ward, USA •

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Missing Marker image. Click for full size.

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4. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Missing Marker

PVT Frank M. Whitman, USA
MAJ Charles W. Whittlesey, USA • MM Charles H. Willey, USN
CPL Edward G. Wilkin, USA • SN Augustus Williams, USN
COX George Willis, USN • Ass't Sur Leonard Wood, USA
PVT Samuel C. Wright, USA • PFC John A. Barnes III, USA
HM3 Wayne M. Caron, USN • LCDR Thomas G. Kelley, USN
1LT Stephen H. Doane, USA • SGT Rodney J. Evans, USA
QMS Matthew Arther, USN • PVT Philip Baybutt, USA
COX Albert Beyer, USN • QM Frank Bois, USN
SGT Andrew S. Bryant, USA • PVT Thomas J. Callen, USA
GM1 George Charette, USN • SN Edward W. Hathaway, USN
PVT James Holehouse, USA • SN Franz Kramer, USN
C of A William Parker, USN • PVT James Pym, USA
QMS William Thompson, USN • PVT George G. Wortman, USA
SGT Ryan M. Pitts, USA • SFC Jared C. Monti, USA
Chief Britt K. Slabinski, USN

[There was a missing marker when photographed]

Dedicated 6 April 1974

Erected 1974 by Col Lavon P. Linn and Lt Col Ruby W. Linn.

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° 6.26′ N, 75° 28.089′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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5. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

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: Maine Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Rhode Island 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 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Vermont Medal of Honor Recipients (about 300 feet away); 29th Infantry Division Memorial Pavilion (about 400 feet away); Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients (about 400 feet away); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . .
1. Medal of Honor Recipients - Massachusetts. Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on March 31, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on July 22, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza image. Click for full size.

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6. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker image. Click for full size.

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7. Massachusetts Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker

Massachusetts Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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8. Massachusetts Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 22, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.