Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Inscription.
CPL John M. Kindig, USA PVT Thomas Robinson, USA SGT James E. Engle, USA Coal Heaver Chas. Baldwin, USN Fireman John Laverty, USN SGT John H.R. Storey, USA PVT James M. Seitzinger, USA CAPT Frank Furness, USA PVT Francis Morrison, USA 1SGT B.A. Strausbaugh, USA PVT John W. Mostoller, USA Coxswain John Hayes, USN SGT MAJ Thomas Hawkins, USA QM John Brazell, USN BM Charles Deakin, USN Coal Heaver Wm. Doolen, USN Landsman John Lawson, USN Sgt James Martin, USMC CAPT Thomas R. Kerr, USA PVT James T. Jennings, USA PVT George W. Reed, USA Ch Bugler Ferdinand F. Rohm, USA BGen Absalom Baird, USA SGT Sylvester D. Rhodes, USA 1SGT James H. Bronson, USA SGT Augustin Flanagan, USA PVT Theodore L. Kramer, USA CAPT Cecil Clay, USA CPL Daniel P. Reigle, USA Coal Heaver R. Hamilton, USN Landsman Henry Brutsche, USN PVT Michael Sowers, USA PVT Andrew J. Sloan, USA Sgt Richard Binder, USMC Quarter Gunner E. Haffee, USN Landsman G.W. McWilliams, USN SGT Charles Brown, USA LT Sylvester H. Martin, USA PVT S.J. Hottenstine, USA PVT George W. Walton, USA Col James
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M. Schoonmaker, USA BM William C. Connor, USN LT Nathan H. Edgerton, USA 1SGT Alexander Kelly, USA SGT Nathaniel A. McKnown, USA CPL William Graul, USA CAPT Jeremiah Z. Brown, USA SGT Daniel Murphy, USA CPL James K. Merrifield, USA PVT William May, USA MAJ Eugene B. Beaumont, USA Coxwain John Dempster, USN QM Nicholas Lear, USN CAPT of F W.G. Taylor, USN Coxwain Joseph White, USN Seaman John Ortega, USN Sgt Isaac N. Fry, USMC Col Galusha Pennypacker, USA Asst. Surg. Jacob F. Raub, USA PVT Timothy Spillane, USA SGT John C. Delaney, USA 1SGT William Sands, USA Col Alfred L. Pearson, USA 1LT Wm. H.H. Benyaurd, USA LT Henry G. Bonebrake, USA PVT George, J. Shopp, USA PVT John C. Ewing, USA PVT William R. Fox, USA CAPT Thomas W. Hoffman, USA PVT John Lilley, USA CPL John C. Matthews, USA PVT Theodore Mitchell, USA Coxwain Richard Willis, USN PVT Archibald H. Rowand, Jr., USA Col William J. Palmer, USA Cpl John Rannahan, USMC SGT Daniel Caldwell, USA PVT John M. Vanderslice, USA PVT Joseph B. Chambers, USA SGT Charles Oliver, USA PVT Charles Higby, USA LT Wilmon
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2. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
W. Blackmar, USA SGT Hiram H. Delavie, USA CPL Andrew O. Apple, USA CPL Joseph Fisher, USA CPL Amzi D. Harmon, USA SGT Alex. M. Quinn, USA SSGT Alvin S.Carey, USA CPL Warren J. Shepherd, USA PFC Gino J. Merli, USA PVT Louis Gedeon, USA SSGT Sherwood H. Hallman, USA Landsman J. Killackey, USN CAPT Robert E. Roeder, USA Pvt Albert R. Campbell, USMC PFC Foster J. Sayers, USA Pvt Clarence E. Mathias. USMC SSGT John W. Minick, USA Sgt Alexander J. Foley, USMC SGT Ellis R. Weicht, USA Pvt William C. Horton, USMC Maj William A. Shomo, USA (AF) BN Alexander Peters, USN LT Orlando H. Petty, USN QM 2/C Charles F. Bishop, USN SGT James I. Mestrovitch, USA LT Nirls Drustrup, USN MAJ Joseph H. Thompson, USA CAPT William R. Rush, USN LCDR Walter A. Edwards, USN SN Lawrence C. Sinnett, USN MM William R. Huber, USN Maj Smedley D. Butler, USMC (2nd) Sgt Mitchell Paige, USMC Water Tender W. A. Crouse, USN PVT James W.Reese, USA Fireman 1/C G. Mahoney. USN CPL Charles E. Kelly, USA PVT Ulysses G.Buzzard, USA Cpl Anthony P. Damato, USMC Pvt Harry L.MacNeal, USMC TECH 5 John
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3. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
J. Pinder, Jr., USA CPL Norman W.Ressler, USA PVT Donald R. Lobaugh, USA CHCARPM Axel Sunquist, USN SGT John J. McVeigh, USA PVT William P. Maclay, USA 1LT John J. Tominac, USA Pvt Harry Fisher, USMC SGT H.O. Messerschmidt, USA Pvt Charles R. Francis, USMC TECH 5 Alfred L. Wilson, USA CAPT Andre W. Brewster, USA SSGT Freeman V. Horner, USA GM 1/C Joseph Mitchell, USN 1LT Edward A. Silk, USA SN Alphonse Girandy, USN SGT Day G. Turner, USA EMC William E. Snyder, USN SSGT Robert E. Laws, USA Maj Smedley D. Butler, USMC 1SGT Leonard A. Funk, Jr., USA ENS George Maus Lowry, USN PFC Melvin L. Brown, USA GMC Robert Semple, USN SP1 William S. Sitman, USA GMC Frank W. Crilley, USN 2Lt George H. Ramer, USMC Pvt Samuel Gross, USMC CPL Clifton T. Speicher, USA Sgt Ross Lindsey Iams, USMC 2LT Walter J. Marm, Jr., USA LT Joel T. Boone, USN Sgt Willian D. Port, USA 1LT Dwite H. Schaffner, USA LCpl William R. Prom, USMC GMC Oscar Schmidt, Jr., USN CWO Michael J. Novosel, USA ENS Henry C. Drexler, USN CPL Harry R. Harr, USA BMC Edwin Joseph Hill, USN 2Lt Robert Dale Reem,
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USMC 2LT Joseph R.Sarnoski, USA(AF) Sgt F. W. Mausert, III, USMC MAJ Jay Zeamer, Jr., USA(AF) PFC John Doran Kelly, USMC PFC A.W. Knappenberger, USA SGT David Charles Dolby, USA SSGT Archibald Mathies, USA(AF) Capt James A. Graham, USMC TSGT John D. Kelly, USA CPL Michael J. Crescenz, USA Cpl William D. Morgan, USMC CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger, USAF PFC Ralph E. Dias, USMC Sergeant Randall D. Shughart U.S. Army SGT Charles H. Ilgenfritz, USA SGT Charles Marquette, USA PVT Milton Mathews, USA MAJ Robert L. Orr, USA CPL Francis A. Wilson, USA SGT John A. Davidsizer, USA Ch Bugler James P. Landis, USA PVT Henry C. Warfel, USA MAJ Hampton S. Thomas, USA PVT Lewis F. Brest, USA 1SGT Francis M. Cunningham, USA CPL Irvin C. Payne, USA SGT Charles E. Wilson, USA CPL Thomas Anderson, USA MAJ West Funk, USASGT Charles L. Thomas, USA PVT George W. Miller, USA PVT Joseph Witcome, USA CAPT Louis H. Carpenter, USA CPL Michael Corcoran, USA PVT George Springer, USA PVT M. Himmelsback, USA 1SGT John Kirk, USA QMC Patrick H. Grace. USN CPL M. Blickensderfer, USA SGT Alexander
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5. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
Elliott, USA SGT James K. Peirsol, USA SGT Andrew J. Young, USA PVT Orren Bennett, USA CPL Trustrim Connell, USA SGT William Morris, USA SGT George J. Pitman, USA SGT John Galloway, USA SGT John Donaldson, USA LTCOL Charles M. Betts, USA Apprentice F. Dumoulin, USN PVT Andrew J. Weaher, USA CPL Leander Herron, USA CPL Jacob Gunther, USA PVT Orizoba Spence, USA PVT Charles H. Ward, USA PVT Thomas Hubbard, USA PVT Benjamin Wilson, USA Pvt Hugh Purvis, USMC SN Isaac Sapp, USN PVT James Dougherty, USMC SN John Johnson, USN PVT William H. Strayer, USA PVT William Rankin, USA 1SGT James Blair, USA 1SGT James M. Hill. USA SGT Leonidas S. Lytle, USA SGT George K. Kitchen, USA SGT Richard L. Tea, USA Blacksmith H.W.B. Mechlin, USA PVT Robert Smith, USA PVT Wilfred Clark, USA Carp Mate E. Williams, USN CPL Edward F. Murphy, USA 2LT George R. Burnett, USA SN Michael Thornton, USN BM Hugh Miller, USN Sgt Phillip Gaughan, USMC Cpl James A. Stewart, USMC SGT William Wilson, USA BM John O'Neal, USN Landsman G.W. Cutter, USN SGT William Wilson, USA (2nd) PVT James
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6. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
W. Huff, USA Bugler Samuel Hoover, USA SGT George Deary, USA CPL John W. Comfort, USA 1SGT John H. Shingle, USA SGT John A. Kirkwood, USA Fireman 2/C J.M. Trout, USN Capt of The Top J. Matthews, USN Apprentice D.M. Buchanan, USN Ship's Cpl James Thayer, USN 1SGT Moses Williams, USA Fireman 2/C E. Barrett, USN PVT Mosheim Feaster, USA CMM Hans Johnsen, USN Apprentice 1/C W. Levery, USN Fireman 1/C P. Johnson, USN Sgt John R. Quick, USMC PVT John F. DeSwan, USA SN Peter Williams, USN CAPT George Mindil, USA SGT Hiram K. Purcell, USA CAPT Dewitt C. Lewis, USA PVT Richard Conner, USA PVT Samuel Johnson, USA PVT William H. Paul, USA SN John Williams, USN C of F Pierre Leon, USN PVT John G. Bourke, USA
PVT Michael McKeever, USA 1C Fireman Jos. E Vantine, USN PVT Henry Casey, USA CAPT Forrester L. Taylor, USA 1LT Louis J. Sacriste, USA PVT Joseph Hortick, USA CPL Martin J. Hawkins, USA LT COL Francis J. Herron USA PVT John C. Hunterson, USA PVT J. Henry White, USA SGT George W. Roosevelt, USA CPL Jacob G. Orth, USA 2LT Charles B. Tanner, USA PVT Jacob Cart,
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7. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
USA SN George Moore, USN PVT John Tweedale, USA CPL William A. Clark, USA Sgt Pinkerton R. Vaughn, USMC CPL Gotlieb Luty, USA CPL Peter McAdams, USA PVT James Kephart, USA MAJ Charles C. Davis, USA
PVT Reuben S. Smalley, USA SGT Harvey M. Munsell, USA PVT John E. Clopp, USA SGT George W. Mears, USA CPL J. Levi Roush, USA CPL Thaddeus S. Smith, USA CAPT James Pipes, USA PVT Henry C. Slusher, USA CAPT Horace Porter, USA Asst. Surg. Jos. K. Corson, USA Landsman Wm. Williams, USN SN James K.L. Duncan, USN CAPT Henry H. Bingham, USA CPL Henry Hill, USA PVT Cyrus B. Lower, USA PVT George N. Galloway, USA PVT Robert W. Ammerman, USA 1LT Charles H. Clausen, USA 1SGT Edward L. Gilligan, USA PVT Casper Carlisle, USA CPL Chester S. Furman, USA CPL J. Monroe Reisinger, USA SGT James M. Rutter, USA SGT James B. Thompson, USA MAA Robert T. Clifford, USN Musician Wm. J. Carson, USA 1LT Anthony Taylor, USA CAPT Moses Veale, USA SGT Everett W. Anderson, USA
PVT William E. Leonard, USA 1SGT Patrick Delacey, USA SGT Stephen Rought, USA PVT Jacob E. Swap. USA CAPT Abraham
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8. Pennsylvania Seal on Memorial Obelisk
K. Arnold, USA PVT Francis A. Bishop, USA SGT Charles H. Fasnacht, USA PVT George W. Harris, USA 1LT Alex. H. Mitchell, USA SGT Robert A. Gray, USA CPL John Kinsey, USA Fireman Alex. Crawford, USN
Coal Heaver Benj. Lloyd, USN COL Guy V. Henry, USA CAPT Theo. F. Rodenbough, USA CPL Patrick Monaghan, USA PVT Robert Reid, USA PVT Francis Morrison, USA PVT James G. Clark, USA SGT William J. Wray, USA CPL Franklin Hogan, USA QM Thomas Cripps, USN Sgt J. Henry Denig, USMC Capt of the Top Wm. Jones, USN QM Edward S. Martin, USN PFC Ross A. McGinnis, USA SSG Glenn H. English Jr. USA SP4 Leslie H Sabo, Jr USA SGT James Brogan, USA PVT Charles Daily, USA Blacksmith William Dougherty, USA PVT Michael P. McCormick, USA PVT Peter Thompson, USA Landsman Joseph H. Davis, USN 2LT Hillary Beyer, USA Surg William R.D. Blackwood, USA
CPL Charles Blucher, USA 1LT Sylvester Bonnaffon Jr., USA CPT Hugh P. Boon, USA S[G]T Charles Breyer, USA COL Charles H.T. Collis, USA CPT Walter H. Cooke, USA PVT Michael Dougherty, USA PVT Thomas Evans, USA CPT John B. Fassett, USA COL Jacob G. Frick, USA 1LT William E. Goodman, USA CPL Ignatz Gresser, USA
SGT John W. Hart, USA
COL John F. Hartranft, USA CPL Henderson C. Howard, USA
LTC Henry S. Huidekoper, USA 1LT Joseph E. Johnson, USA
Fireman John Lafferty, USN 2LT Charles McAnally, USA
CPT William E. Miller, USA MAJ St. Clair A. Mulholland, USA
SGT Philip Petty, USA LT James J. Purman, USA
COL Matthew S. Quay, USA PVT Martin E. Scheibner, USA
CPT John W. Scott, USA MAJ Alfred J. Sellers, USA
CPL Charles Shambaugh, USA CPL John Shellenberger, USA
CPL John Shiel, USA MUS James Snedden, USA
Pvt Henry A. Thompson, USMC 1LT ADJT Evan M. Woodward, USA
CPT Albert D. Wright, USA
Dedicated
October 9, 1971
Erected by Freedoms Foundation Officers and Trustees, PA Marine Corps League, and PA Federation of Women's Clubs.
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° 6.302′ N, 75° 28.2′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 30, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
