The Court of Valor Memorial is a veterans feature, dedicated to local servicemen who have earned valor medals while serving our country. At some point in their lives, these veterans have called York County their home. Military records were submitted on their behalf to document acts of bravery and courage. A volunteer panel of veterans has developed the criteria under which this
honor is bestowed.

Among some of the qualifying medals are the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross. Prisoners of War and those who have been killed in action automatically meet the criteria for inclusion. Once accepted, the name of the qualifying veteran is incised on the granite surface of the Court of Valor. Dedication ceremonies will be held annually until the entire monument is inscribed.

The feature itself consists of a granite archway over 13’ high and more than 11’ wide; over 15,000 pounds of granite were used in its construction. Under the prominent archway is suspended an American flag, a symbol of the freedom our patriots defended. Topping the monument is an iconic piece of steel from the World Trade Center, weighing 3,000 pounds and measuring 9’ 11” in length. The Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Heritage Foundation was granted the steel by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Foundation members visited Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in the spring of 2009 to select a piece of WTC steel.

The selected piece of WTC steel was escorted into York County with the help of the Patriot Guard Riders and the York County Sheriff’s Office on September 11, 2009. An unveiling ceremony took place approximately two months later, attracting more than five hundred people from the local community. As of September 2011, the names of 279 local veterans were featured on the Court of Valor.

COURT OF VALOR NAME LISTING 2011 (after the individual's name is listed the panel number marked with a roman numeral on the Court of Valor, followed by the line number where the name can be found)

ADAMS, JOHN H. (II, 44)
ALBIN, KARL W. (I, 22)
ANDERSON III, WILLIAM H. (II, 31)
ANSTINE, CLAYTON E. (II, 36)
ANSTINE, ROBERT S. (II, 71)
ARMSTRONG, CHARLES L. (I, 91)
ARNDT, GERALD S. (II, 86)
ARNOLD, HENRY A. (III, 90)
ARVIN, RICHARD E. (I, 82)
AUGHENBAUGH, JUNIOR L. (I, 80)
AVILLO, JR., PHILIP J. (I,18)
BAER, RICHARD W. (II, 23)
BAILEY, DAVID L. (I, 62)
BAIRD, ELLIS L. (II, 75)
BAKER, FRED A. (I, 26)
BAKER, RALPH E. (II, 81)
BAKER, SR., ELMER L. (IV, 4)
BAUBLITZ, CLAYTON H. (III, 28)
BAUBLITZ, DENNIS L. (III, 76)
BEAN , JAMES F. (II, 87)
BEIGEL, IRVIN H. (I, 58)
BERKHEIMER, JOHN B. (II, 88)
BERRY, EDWARD G. (II, 51)
BIXLER, GEORGE H. (II, 52)
BLEACHER, CURTIS D. (III, 17)
BOECKEL, STUART P. (III, 44)
BOND, RODNEY W. (IV, 2)
BORIGO, GARY J. (I, 31)
BORNMAN, C. DEWEY (II, 14)
BORROR, HAROLD V. (III, 77)
BOWMAN, JR., ROBERT W. (III, 30)
BOYCE, WAYNE L. (III, 61)
BOYD, RICHARD L. (II, 55)
BOYER, DAVID E. (I, 5)
BRENNEMAN, CHARLES E. (III, 83)
BRESSLER, JEAN F. (II, 79)
BRICKER, ADAM E. (III, 69)
BRICKER, DONALD E. (I, 67)
BRILLHART, GEARY L. (I, 1)
BRONG, KEITH R. (II, 12)
BROWN, HARRY H. (I, 36)
BURGUESS, ALVIN W. (III, 32)
BURHANS, WILLIAM F. (I, 23)
CAMPANELLA, JOSEPH (II, 28)
CARTER, MARION R. (II, 76)
CASHDOLLAR, MATTHEW P. (I, 6)
CHILCOAT, DAN B. (I, 21)
CHRISTINE, CARL R. (III, 18)
CHRONISTER, RONALD E. (II, 32)
CLINTON, JR., ARTHUR J. (II, 62)
CLOUSER, ZACHARY R. (I, 32)
COSIMANO, KENNETH J. (I, 74)
COUSLER, GLENN E. (II, 18)
CRAMER, GERALD (II, 64)
CRERAND, ROBERT J. (I, 48)
CRONE, GARY L. (III, 84)
CROWL, JAMES W. (III, 85)
DANNA, ANTHONY B. (II, 25)
DELLINGER, PAUL K. (III, 48)
DEPEW, JOHNNY M. (II, 2)
DICKMYER, ADAM L. (IV, 10)
DITTENHAFER, PAUL R. (I, 11)
DONALDSON, BRUCE E. (II, 77)
DOWNS, JR., RICHARD E. (III, 68)
DUNLAP, HAROLD E. (III, 21)
ELICKER, RAY A. (III, 63)
ELLIS , GEORGE P. (I, 16)
EMIG , LONNIE L. (II, 7)
EVERHART, DONALD F. (II, 3)
EVERHART, JR., PAUL H. (I, 77)
EYLER, GEORGE H. (I, 63)
EYSTER, ROBERT M. (II, 16)
FAIR, CARL H. (I, 84)
FAKE, EUGENE W. (III, 3)
FISHER, DUANE K. (I, 87)
FISHER III, JOHN F. (III, 64)
FRANTZ, RICHARD A. (II, 89)
FRANTZ, RICHARD R. (I, 73)
FREED, LUTHER A. (II, 70)
FREEZE, JR., JOHN G. (III, 79)
FREY, SAMUEL S. (I, 44)
FRIGM, PHILIP E. (I, 64)
FUHRMAN, JAMES M. (I, 46)
FUHRMAN, SR., DAVID E. (II, 15)
GALLAGHER, WILLIAM L. (III, 16)
GALLOWAY, DONALD R. (III, 14)
GARRETT, STERLING L. (II, 80)
GATES, E. WILLIAM (II, 11)
GAUNTNER, DONALD E. (III, 35)
GINGRICH, RALPH H. (III, 72)
GIUFFRIDA, STEPHEN (I, 60)
GOLDSBOROUGH, MICHAEL J. (I, 78)
GOOD, ROBERT G. (II, 83)
GORDON, SR., ELVIN D. (III, 33)
GOTWALT, JR., DANIEL J. (I, 45)
GRACEY, THOMAS B. (III, 52)
GREENWOOD, JR., LLOYD W. (III, 66)
GREER, WALTER L. (I, 19)
GRIFFITH, ROBERT C. (III, 46)
GROSS, WILLIAM W. (III, 41)
GROSS, GEORGE A. (II, 90)
GROSS, JOHN A. (III, 80)
HAGELGANS, LESTER W. (II, 30)
HALPIN, RICHARD W. (II, 40)
HASTINGS, JOSEPH C. (I, 9)
HEFFNER, EUGENE C. (1, 14)
HEILIG II, JACK C. (III, 43)
HEINER, MELVIN W. (III, 15)
HENGST, WARREN S. (III, 34)
HENGST, SR., PERRY R. (II, 20)
HENISE, MARVIN L. (I, 56)
HERBST, FRANK L. (I, 8)
HERMAN, RONALD G. (II, 50)
HESS, DAVID E. (I, 15)
HILBERT, JAMES A. (III, 29)
HILKER, CLYDE P. (III, 62)
HILLIARD, THEODORE T. (I, 87)
HINTON, THEODORE G. (I, 40)
HOCK, JOHN D. (I, 68)
HOFF , JOHN R. (I, 43)
HOFFMAN, GEORGE A. (I, 27)
HOFFMAN, JR., LEWIS H. (III, 65)
HOLTZAPPLE, GLENN E. (II, 46)
HOPKINS, CHARLES R. (I, 52)
HOWARD, JR., FRANKIE L. (I, 12)
HOWE, ROBERT W. (I, 72)
HUMMER, GEORGE B. (I, 4)
HUPP, JR., WILLIAM (I, 39)
KAHLEY, MICHAEL E. (III, 91)
KAHLEY, JR., JOSEPH A. (III, 13)
KERNS, HOWARD P. (I, 70)
KINARD, RUDY (IV, 3)
KLINE, GEORGE F. (Cpl) (III, 47)
KLINE, GEORGE F. (Pfc) (II, 67)
KLINEDINST, JACK A. (I, 53)
KLINEDINST, FREDERICK A. (IV, 11)
KNAUB III, HARVEY E. (II, 26)
KOHLER, RICHARD L. (I, 71)
KOHLER, JR., WILLIAM E. (III, 20)
KOLSOVSKY, MICHAEL A. (II, 82)
KONDOR, MARTIN W. (II, 49)
KOTTMYER , WILLIAM S. (II, 58)
KREBS, RICHARD E. (III, 42)
KREISER, LEVI R. (I, 51)
KRESSLER, ROBERT C. (III, 5)
LAKE, JEREMY L. (I, 13)
LANDIS, LEROY W. (I, 88)
LAUMASTER, CHARLES A. (I, 55)
LEAS, SR., GLENWOOD M. (III, 6)
LEASE, JR., CHARLES E. (III, 75)
LEBER, SR., DENNIS E. (II, 47)
LEHR, JOHN E. (I, 38)
LEIPHART, CLIFFORD C. (III, 25)
LENTZ, ARTHUR H. (I, 35)
LIESTER, JR., WILLIAM J.B. (III, 38)
LONGENECKER, JOHN W. (IV, 18)
LUCHKO, MATTHEW W. (I, 81)
LYNCH, ROGER G. (I, 34)
MANN, NORMAN W. (III, 10)
MANSBERGER, RAYMOND D. (II, 53)
MARKLE, JR., HARRY H. (III, 50)
MARTIN, RICHARD E. (I, 66)
McCARTY, RICHARD B. (IV, 9)
McCLEARY, DALE R. (II, 59)
McDONALD, JOHN A. (II, 78)
McWILLIAMS, DAVID B. (I, 75)
MEISENBACH, PAUL W. (II, 8)
MEOLA, MARIO (IV, 8)
MILLER, EDWARD (III, 60)
MILLER, FRANK R. (I, 33)
MOHR, STEVEN A. (I, 76)
MONCUSE, WILLIAM L. (II, 24)
MONTORO, JOHN J. (II, 69)
MORGAN, JAMES P. (II, 65)
MORGAN, JOHN H. (I, 1)
MORLEY, LELAND H. (II, 73)
MORNINGSTAR, SR., GLENN G. (III, 11)
MORSE, PERRY A. (III, 67)
MOYER, IRVIN B. (III, 8)
MURRAY, THOMAS W. (II, 45)
MUSSER, RAY B. (III, 86)
MYERS, WARREN A. (II, 21)
MYERS, KENNETH G. (III, 40)
OTT, JOHN (III, 87)
PALMER, JOHN F. (II, 37)
PARIS, DANIEL L. (II, 72)
PEPO, GERALD F. (III, 51)
POFF, CHARLES W. (II, 38)
REDDING, SR., ELWOOD J. (II, 91)
REICHARD, PHILIP A. (III, 2)
REINAMAN, TIMOTHY W. (I, 10)
RICHARDSON, JEFFERY A. (I, 85)
RIZZUTO, LAWRENCE F. (I, 2)
ROBERTS, EDDIE C. (III, 59)
ROBERTS, NEIL C. (I, 7)
ROHLER, DAVID R. (III, 24)
ROHRBACH, PHILIP E. (III, 57)
ROSS, DENNIS E. (I, 29)
ROYSTON, JR., JOHN W. (II, 6)
RUNYAN, LUKE S. (I, 57)
RYAN, MARLIN B. (III, 9)
SANDBERG, PETER O. (I, 47)
SCHAFFER, GEORGE V. (II, 13)
SCHASZBERGER, CLIFFORD W. (IV, 5)
SCHENCK, GEORGE E. (II, 34)
SCHMIDT, JR., OSCAR (III, 36)
SCHMUCK, LESTER E. (I, 65)
SCHWARTZ, JOHN E. (II, 84)
SCHWEITZER, PHILIP A. (I, 89)
SECHRIST, CURTIS W. (IV, 7)
SENFT, ELMER T. (I, 28)
SENFT, HARRY E. (II, 41)
SHELLEY, AMMON L. (III, 81)
SHELLEY, JOHN D.M. (II, 74)
SHERWOOD, THOMAS P. (I, 37)
SHOEMAKER, GERALD E. (I, 50)
SHOUCK, WALTER D. (II, 42)
SIEGEL, RICHARD B. (IV, 19)
SIGEL, JAMES F. (I, 83)
SILBAUGH, SR., JOSEPH W. (III, 39)
SIPE, JR., ROBERT J. (I, 61)
SIPE, SR., GEORGE C. (II, 19)
SIPE, WARREN H. (II, 43)
SITES, JR., JAMES G. (II, 9)
SMALL, MARC J. (I, 30)
SMITH, DONALD E. (III, 1)
SMITH, ROBERT H. (II, 61)
SMITH, ROBERT L. (II, 63)
SMITH, JR., CYRIL B. (I, 59)
SNELBAKER, HAROLD R. (II, 35)
SOWERS, PAUL A. (III, 12)
SPANGLER, THOMAS L. (III, 22)
SPANGLER, JR., STANLEY E. (III, 55)
SPRENKEL, JEFFREY L. (IV, 13)
STAAB, DONALD P. (IV, 17)
STAAB, KENNETH G. (III, 49)
STARNER, WILLIAM J. (II, 17)
STEIN, PAUL E. (III, 7)
STEINKIRCHNER, VERNON L. (IV, 14)
STERN, JAMES M. (III, 56)
STEVENS, JR., WILLIAM R. (II, 48)
STEVENSON, EARL L. (I, 24)
STINE, CURTIS E. (II, 56)
STINE, FRANCIS F. (IV, 12)
STORMS, VERNON E. (III, 37)
STRINE, HENRY Z. (IV, 16)
STUBBS, JR., LOUIS M.C. (I, 69)
SULLIVAN, ROBERT W. (III, 78)
SUMMERS, DAVID H. (II, 66)
TAUGHINBAUGH, SR., CHARLES R. (II, 27)
TUCKER, WILLIAM E. (IV, 1)
VAN NATTER, CHARLES E. (III, 73)
WAGENKNECHT, ARTHUR J. (III, 71)
WAGMAN, RONALD J. (III, 53)
WAGNER, JR., WILLIAM J. (II, 22)
WALTEMYER, V. KENNETH (II, 4)
WARD, ARTHUR M. (II, 5)
WEITKAMP, PAUL H. (II, 57)
WELSH, DANIEL L. (III, 82)
WELSH, JACOB D. (III, 89)
WELSH, R. PHILIP B. (I, 25)
WELSH, SPENCER W. (III, 23)
WERTZ, JR., BARRY W. (I, 20)
WHETZEL, JR., HARLAN S. (III, 88)
WILKERSON, DALE R. (II, 68)
WILLIAMS, JR., WILLIE J. (I, 42)
WILLS, JR., LAWRENCE B. (I, 41)
WINEMILLER, WALTER E. (II, 1)
WINN, JR., JOHN C.F. (I, 54)
WINTERS, JR., PAUL A. (II, 39)
WITKOWSKI, JAMES B. (III, 4)
YEAPLE, JACK T. (III, 70)
YINGER, CHARLES W. (I, 17)
YOUNG, JR., WILLIAM L. (III, 54)
ZECH, CARL R. (II, 54)
ZIEGLER, ALLEN R. (II, 10)
ZIMMERMAN, DONALD H. (II, 33)
ZIMMERMAN, JR., RICHARD E. (III, 26)
ZIMMERMAN, SR., RICHARD E. (III, 27)