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

New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients

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

1. New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.

New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients. . PVT Frank J. Bart, USA . Sgt John Basilone, USMC . SGT John P. Beech, USA F1C Frederick Behne, USN . HC3 Edward C. Benfold, USN PFC George Benjamin, Jr., USA . SN Robert Blume, USN . 1SGT Sanford Bradbury, USA LT William Brant, USA . SN George Breeman, USN . S1C Nelson V. Brittin, USA 1LT Frank Burke, USA . Pvt Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., USMC . CPL Isaac H. Carmin, USA BGEN Frederick W. Castle, USA . BM1 George R. Cholister, USN SSgt Peter S. Connor, USMC . MMC Thomas C. Cooney, USN 1LT Samuel S. Coursen, USA . SMAJ Amos J. Cummings, USA Quarter Gunner John Davis, USN . 2LT James M. Drake, USA PFC John W. Dutko, USA . SGT Alan L. Eggers, USA . GM Henry A. Eilers, USN 1SGT Edmund English, USA . PVT Thomas T. Fallon, USA . PVT Frank Feso, USA SGT Joseph L. Follett USA . PVT William H. Folly, USA . Capt Eli T. Fryer, USMC Surg Gabriel Grant, USA . 2LT Stephen R. Gregg, USA CCM William F. Hamberger, USN . Sgt Harry Harvey, USMC 2LT Charles H. Heyl, USA . MSGT Charles E. Hosking, Jr., USA SGT James Howard, USA . CAPT James Jackson, USA . Capt Jack H. Jacobs, USA Capt of The Hold Thomas Kane, USN SGT John C. Latham, USA . PVT Lewis Locke, USA Drummer William Magee, USA . SN1 George F. Mager, USN PFC Martin G. May, USA . PFC Francis X. McGraw, USA TSGT John Meagher, USA . PVT Nicholas Minus, USA CAPT Wardlaw L. Miles, USA . TSGT Nicholas Gresko, USA CPL Thomas E. O’Shea, USA . PVT Albert Oss, USA BM Alexander Parker, USN . LCOL James Parker, USA Pvt Jeremiah Parks, USA . MMC Carl E. Petersen, USN Pvt Louis F. Pfeifer, USMC . Pvt Herbert Irving Preston, USMC 1LT Carlton R. Rouh, USMC . SGT Joseph J. Sadowski, USA SGT William Sawelson, USA . COL William J. Sewell, USA Blacksmith John Sheerin, USA . Pvt John Shivers, USMC BM2 John O. Siegel, USN . Pvt Franklin E. Sigler USMC PVT Theodore F. Smith, USA . SGT David Southard, USA 1SGT George W. Stewart, USA . PVT Christian Streile, USA PVT Thomas Sullivan, USA . SN Robert Sweeney, USN 1LT Anthony Taylor, USA . QM3 August P. Teytaud, USN PVT William H. Thompkins, USA . CPL Horace M. Thorne, USA MAJ Henry R. Tilton, USA . SGT Charles Titus, USA 1LT John J. Toffey, USA . CWT Peter Tomich, USN Cpl Andrew J. Tomlin, USMC . SGT Aaron B. Tompkins, USA SN Hudson Van Etten, USN . SGT Ludovicus M.M. Van Iersel, USA PVT George H. Wanton, USA . Maj Charles J. Watters, USA Capt of Foretop Charles H. Weeks, USN . QM Daniel Whitfield, USN SGT John Wilson, USA . SP4 Raymond R. Wright, USA COX Edward B. Young, USN . S1C Fred W. Zabitosky, USA MAJ Thomas H. McGuire, USA . PFC Henry Svehla, USA C of T [Capt of the Top] Robert Strahan USN.

PVT Frank J. Bart, USA • Sgt John Basilone, USMC • SGT John P. Beech, USA
F1C Frederick Behne, USN • HC3 Edward C. Benfold, USN
PFC George Benjamin, Jr., USA • SN Robert Blume, USN • 1SGT Sanford Bradbury, USA
LT William Brant, USA • SN George Breeman, USN • S1C Nelson V. Brittin, USA
1LT Frank Burke, USA • Pvt Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., USMC • CPL Isaac H. Carmin, USA
BGEN Frederick W. Castle, USA • BM1 George R. Cholister, USN
SSgt Peter S. Connor, USMC • MMC Thomas C. Cooney, USN
1LT Samuel S. Coursen, USA • SMAJ Amos J. Cummings, USA
Quarter Gunner John Davis, USN • 2LT James M. Drake, USA
PFC John W. Dutko, USA • SGT Alan L. Eggers, USA • GM Henry A. Eilers, USN
1SGT Edmund English, USA • PVT Thomas T. Fallon, USA • PVT Frank Feso, USA
SGT Joseph L. Follett USA • PVT William H. Folly, USA • Capt Eli T. Fryer, USMC
Surg Gabriel Grant, USA • 2LT Stephen R. Gregg, USA
CCM William F. Hamberger, USN • Sgt Harry Harvey, USMC
2LT Charles H. Heyl, USA • MSGT Charles E. Hosking, Jr., USA
SGT James Howard, USA • CAPT James Jackson, USA • Capt Jack H. Jacobs, USA
Capt of The Hold Thomas Kane, USN
SGT John C. Latham, USA • PVT Lewis Locke, USA
Drummer William Magee, USA • SN1 George F. Mager, USN
PFC Martin G. May, USA • PFC Francis X.

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McGraw, USA
TSGT John Meagher, USA • PVT Nicholas Minus, USA
CAPT Wardlaw L. Miles, USA • TSGT Nicholas Gresko, USA
CPL Thomas E. O’Shea, USA • PVT Albert Oss, USA
BM Alexander Parker, USN • LCOL James Parker, USA
Pvt Jeremiah Parks, USA • MMC Carl E. Petersen, USN
Pvt Louis F. Pfeifer, USMC • Pvt Herbert Irving Preston, USMC
1LT Carlton R. Rouh, USMC • SGT Joseph J. Sadowski, USA
SGT William Sawelson, USA • COL William J. Sewell, USA
Blacksmith John Sheerin, USA • Pvt John Shivers, USMC
BM2 John O. Siegel, USN • Pvt Franklin E. Sigler USMC
PVT Theodore F. Smith, USA • SGT David Southard, USA
1SGT George W. Stewart, USA • PVT Christian Streile, USA
PVT Thomas Sullivan, USA • SN Robert Sweeney, USN
1LT Anthony Taylor, USA • QM3 August P. Teytaud, USN
PVT William H. Thompkins, USA • CPL Horace M. Thorne, USA
MAJ Henry R. Tilton, USA • SGT Charles Titus, USA
1LT John J. Toffey, USA • CWT Peter Tomich, USN
Cpl Andrew J. Tomlin, USMC • SGT Aaron B. Tompkins, USA
SN Hudson Van Etten, USN • SGT Ludovicus M.M. Van Iersel, USA
PVT George H. Wanton, USA • Maj Charles J. Watters, USA
Capt of Foretop Charles H. Weeks, USN • QM Daniel Whitfield, USN
SGT John Wilson, USA • SP4 Raymond R. Wright, USA
COX Edward B. Young, USN • S1C Fred W. Zabitosky, USA
MAJ Thomas H. McGuire,

New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker image. Click for full size.

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

2. New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients Sponsors Marker

USA • PFC Henry Svehla, USA
C of T [Capt of the Top] Robert Strahan USN

Erected by Military Units and Concerned Citizens and 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° 6.278′ N, 75° 28.182′ 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: District of Columbia Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); New York Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Delaware Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Maryland Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Kennedy Memorial Gazebo (within shouting distance of this marker); Connecticut Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients

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

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

3. New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Obelisk

(within shouting distance of this marker); Vermont 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 - New Jersey. Medal of Honor Society of the United States website entry (Submitted on April 23, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on August 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

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

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

4. New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza

New Jersey Seal on Memorial Obelisk image. Click for full size.

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5. New Jersey Seal on Memorial Obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

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