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

Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients

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

1. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication

Inscription.

Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients. . This monument is dedicated to each Medal of Honor recipient who distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, ARMY PVT James F. Adams . PVT James F. Ayers . SGT Benjamin Brown 2LT Ernest H. Dervishian . PFC Desmond T. Doss . LTC Don C. Faith CPL Michael F. Folland . SGT Archer T. Gammon . PVT James Gardiner CPL James R. Gillenwater . SGT Earl D. Gregory . 1LT John C. Gresham CPL Miles James . SGT Henry Johnson . PVT Fitz Lee 1LT Gary L. Miller . 1LT Jimmie W. Monteith . PVT George G. Moore SGT Charles B. Morris . CAPT Robert P. Neff . SGT Frank D. Peregory SGT Edward Ratcliff . 1LT Rupert L. Sargent . PVT James Smith PVT Benjamin F. Stewart . PVT Charles Veal . PVT Patton G. Whitehead SGT Zachariah Woodall . PVT Henry Wills, NAVY SC Daniel Atkins . SN David D. Barrow . CBD Robert Blake CP George W. Bright . QM James Buck . CDR Richard E. Byrd CF William Garvin . HM Francis C. Hammond . F2C John Hickman QM Thomas Jordan . SURG Cary D. Langhorne . LT James P. Lannon EC James Mifflin . CA Robert W. Montgomery . QG John Neil LEF James F. O'Conner . F1C Robert Penn . SN James Roberts HS William S. Shacklette . OIL Frank E. Smith . SN Thomas Smith CDR George L. Street, III . QM Richard H. Taylor GM Martin T. Torgerson . SN Robert Volz, MARINE CORPS Capt Wesley L. Fox . Maj Howard V. Lee . PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas Pvt James Meredith . LTC Wendell C. Neville Capt William P. Upshur . MGen Alexander A. Vandergrift, AIR FORCE Col William A. Jones, III . Maj Raymond H. Wilkins, VIRGINIA PVT James E. Adams, USA . PVT James F. Ayers, USA 1SGT Powhatan Beatty, USA . SGT Benjamin Brown, USA SGT John C. Buckley, USA . SGT William Bumgarner, USA Pvt Villiam Hl Barringer, USA . 2LT Earnest Il Dervishian, USA PFC Desmond T. Doss, USA . PVT John N. Eckes, USA SGT Archer T. Gammon, USA . PVT James Gardiner, USA CPL James R. Gillenwater, USA . 1SGT Leonidas M. Godley, USA SGT Earl D. Gregory, USA . 1LT John C. Gresham, USA CPL Miles James, US[A] . SGT Henry Johnson, USA PVT Fritz Lee, USA . SGT Walter F. McWhorter, USA 1LT Jimmie W. Monteith Jr., USA . PVT George G. Moore, USA SGT Charles and Morris, USA . CAPT Robert P. Nett, USA PVT Jasper N. North, USA . PVT Joel Parsons, USA 1SGT Edward Ratcliff, USA . 1LT Richard T. Shea Jr., USA PVT Benjamin F. Stewart, USA . PVT Joseph Van Matre, USA PVT Charles Veal, USA . 1LT Gary L. Miller, USA 1SGT Frank D. Peregory, USA . 1LT Rupert L. Sargent, USA PVT Thomas J. Ward, USA . PVT Patton G. Whitehead, USA MAJ Raymond Hl Wilkins, USA . SGT Zachariah Woodall, USA SC1 Daniel Atkins, USN . Coal Passer G. W. Bright, USN CDR Richard E. Byrd, USN . Capt of Forecastle W. Garvin, USN FM1 John Hickman, USN . HM Francis C. Hammond, USN QM Thomas Jordan, USN . SURG Cary D. Langhorne, USN LT James P. Lannon, USN . Maj Howard V. Lee, USMC Pvt James Meredith USMC . Cook James Mifflin, USN Capt of Afterguard R.W. Montgomery, USN . Gunner John Neil, USN LTC Wendell C. Neville, USMC . Landsman J. F. Conner, USN FM1 Robert Penn, USN . SN James Roberts, USN Stew William S. Shacklette, USN . Oiler Frank E. Smith, USN SN Thomas Smith, USN . CDR George L Street, III, USN QM Richard H. Taylor, USN . GM3 Martin T. Torgerson, USN Capt William P. Upshur, USMC . Maj Jay R. Vargas, USMC MGen Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC . SN Hobert Volz, USN William H. Woodall [civilian].

This monument is dedicated to each Medal of Honor recipient who
distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity
at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty

ARMY
PVT James F. Adams • PVT James F. Ayers • SGT Benjamin Brown
2LT Ernest H. Dervishian • PFC Desmond T. Doss • LTC Don C. Faith
CPL Michael F. Folland • SGT Archer T. Gammon • PVT James Gardiner
CPL James R. Gillenwater • SGT Earl D. Gregory • 1LT John C. Gresham
CPL Miles James • SGT Henry Johnson • PVT Fitz Lee
1LT Gary L. Miller • 1LT Jimmie W. Monteith • PVT George G. Moore
SGT Charles B. Morris • CAPT Robert P. Neff • SGT Frank D. Peregory
SGT Edward Ratcliff • 1LT Rupert L. Sargent • PVT James Smith
PVT Benjamin F. Stewart • PVT Charles Veal • PVT Patton G. Whitehead
SGT Zachariah Woodall • PVT Henry Wills

NAVY
SC Daniel Atkins • SN David D. Barrow • CBD Robert Blake
CP George W. Bright • QM James Buck • CDR Richard E. Byrd
CF William Garvin • HM Francis C. Hammond • F2C John Hickman
QM Thomas Jordan • SURG Cary D. Langhorne • LT James P. Lannon
EC James Mifflin • CA Robert W. Montgomery • QG John Neil
LEF James F. O'Conner • F1C Robert Penn • SN James Roberts
HS William S. Shacklette • OIL Frank E. Smith

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• SN Thomas Smith
CDR George L. Street, III • QM Richard H. Taylor
GM Martin T. Torgerson • SN Robert Volz

MARINE CORPS
Capt Wesley L. Fox • Maj Howard V. Lee • PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas
Pvt James Meredith • LTC Wendell C. Neville
Capt William P. Upshur • MGen Alexander A. Vandergrift

AIR FORCE
Col William A. Jones, III • Maj Raymond H. Wilkins

VIRGINIA
PVT James E. Adams, USA • PVT James F. Ayers, USA
1SGT Powhatan Beatty, USA • SGT Benjamin Brown, USA
SGT John C. Buckley, USA • SGT William Bumgarner, USA
Pvt Villiam Hl Barringer, USA • 2LT Earnest Il Dervishian, USA
PFC Desmond T. Doss, USA • PVT John N. Eckes, USA
SGT Archer T. Gammon, USA • PVT James Gardiner, USA
CPL James R. Gillenwater, USA • 1SGT Leonidas M. Godley, USA
SGT Earl D. Gregory, USA • 1LT John C. Gresham, USA
CPL Miles James, US[A] • SGT Henry Johnson, USA
PVT Fritz Lee, USA • SGT Walter F. McWhorter, USA
1LT Jimmie W. Monteith Jr., USA • PVT George G. Moore, USA
SGT Charles & Morris, USA • CAPT Robert P. Nett, USA
PVT Jasper N. North, USA • PVT Joel Parsons, USA
1SGT Edward Ratcliff, USA • 1LT Richard T. Shea Jr., USA
PVT Benjamin F. Stewart, USA • PVT Joseph Van Matre, USA
PVT Charles Veal, USA • 1LT Gary L. Miller, USA
1SGT Frank D. Peregory, USA • 1LT

Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.

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2. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Rupert L. Sargent, USA
PVT Thomas J. Ward, USA • PVT Patton G. Whitehead, USA
MAJ Raymond Hl Wilkins, USA • SGT Zachariah Woodall, USA
SC1 Daniel Atkins, USN • Coal Passer G. W. Bright, USN
CDR Richard E. Byrd, USN • Capt of Forecastle W. Garvin, USN
FM1 John Hickman, USN • HM Francis C. Hammond, USN
QM Thomas Jordan, USN • SURG Cary D. Langhorne, USN
LT James P. Lannon, USN • Maj Howard V. Lee, USMC
Pvt James Meredith USMC • Cook James Mifflin, USN
Capt of Afterguard R.W. Montgomery, USN • Gunner John Neil, USN
LTC Wendell C. Neville, USMC • Landsman J. F. Conner, USN
FM1 Robert Penn, USN • SN James Roberts, USN
Stew William S. Shacklette, USN • Oiler Frank E. Smith, USN
SN Thomas Smith, USN • CDR George L Street, III, USN
QM Richard H. Taylor, USN • GM3 Martin T. Torgerson, USN
Capt William P. Upshur, USMC • Maj Jay R. Vargas, USMC
MGen Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC • SN Hobert Volz, USN
William H. Woodall [civilian]

Erected by Citizens of Virginia, Ruritans of the Chesapeake District, the Virginia Legislature, and National Sojourners.

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.

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

3. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

40° 6.27′ N, 75° 28.225′ 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: North Carolina Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Maryland Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania 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 - Virginia. 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.)

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4. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

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5. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

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6. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

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7. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

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8. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

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

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9. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

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

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10. Virginia Seal on Memorial Obelisk

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

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11. Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsor Marker

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 344 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on July 22, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5, 6. submitted on July 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 7. submitted on July 22, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on July 23, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.