Leaders and Valor

The purpose of the PMC Legion of Valor is to continue the tradition of recognizing acts of valor (heroism) by graduates while serving in the U.S. armed services since 1900. These awards are representative of the lessons learned at PMC.

This list represents a work-in-progress. To have a name added, please send documentation to rromanowicz@pennsylvaniamilitarycollege.org. The list is updated frequently, but please be patient, as records must be vetted and may not be posted immediately.



Indian Wars (1811 - 1924)

    Percival G. Lowe 1883

Civil War (1861 – 1865)

    John L. Sparks, 1861

Spanish-American War (1898)

    Julius T. Conrad ’87

Philippine Insurrection (1899 – 1902)

    Irving J. Carr, 1897
    Horace Hobbs, 1887

World War I (1914 – 1918)

    Horace Hobbs, 1887
    Benjamin S. Berry ’02

World War II (1939 – 1945)

    Charles F.B. Price ’02
    Joseph P. McCaffery ’27
    Herbert Amey ’35
    Henry T. Feige ’35
    Francis P. Burk ’38
    Richard O’Malley ’38
    William R. Tumbelston ’38
    Wilfred F. Farrell ’39
    George Kassab ’39
    Emery M. Hickmam ’40
    James R. Spurrier ’40
    Thomas W. Anderson ’41
    Russell A. Freas, Jr. ’41
    Thomas N. Merendino ’41
    Robert S. Currier ’42
    William E. Dudley ’42
    Joseph E. LoPrete ’42
    George Wilkens ’43
    William A. Nurthen III, ’43
    William J. Wolfgram ’43

Korean War (1950-1953)

    Thomas W. Anderson ’41
    Eugene L Melchoir ’49

Vietnam War (1950 -1975)

    Edmond P. Abood ’50
    William J. Thompson ’53
    David H. Baim ’61
    Joseph D. Newsome ’61
    Richard J. Pavia ’61
    Edward R. Underwood ’61
    Frank W. LiVolsi ’62
    Clarence “Butch” Bell ’63
    John L. Geoghegan ’63
    Lawrence M. Liss ’63
    John H. Tilelli, Jr. ’63
    Marshall D. Beall ’64
    William J. Bell ’64
    Dwight W. Galda ’64
    Walter Reasor ’64
    Peter Vanderland ’64
    Charles E. Weber ’64
    William C. Allanach ’65
    Charles Bracken ’65
    William C. Burch, ’65
    M. Rex Cassel ’65
    Anthony M. Coggeshall ’65
    Robert Clifford ’65
    John H. Grant, ’65
    Evans Kayser ’65
    Roy Sheffler ’65
    William J. Ahlum ’66
    Glenn Dennis ’66
    John Drupa ’66
    Gordon M. Hanscom, ’66
    Charles E. March, ’66
    William G. Pfeifle ’66
    David Wilson ’66
    John C. Calior ’67
    John C. Everson ’67
    Michael R. Sullivan ’67
    Richard L. Clark ’68
    Joseph C. Gross ’68
    Robert R. Stewart ’68
    Thomas R. Childers, Jr. ’69