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, 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,
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4. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
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 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 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
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5. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Marker
• 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, 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
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6. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk
• 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 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,
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7. Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza
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
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8. Pennsylvania Seal on Memorial Obelisk
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 309 times since then and 35 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.
