Schuylkill County military personnel known to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, include Jacob Gunther of Minersville and James Blair of Girardsville from the Indian Wars; Jacob G. Frick of Pottsville, Henry Hill of Schuylkill Haven, George W. Harris, a county native, Thomas Robinson of Tamaqua, James M. Seitzinger of Pottsville, Patrick H. Monaghan of Minersville, Robert A. Reid of Pottsville, and Charles E. Brown of Schuylkill Haven from the Civil War; Alexander Joseph Foley of Heckscherville, U.S.M.C., from the Boxer Rebellion; Joel T. Boone of Saint Clair from World War I; and Anthony P. Damato of Shenandoah, Harold O. Messerschmidt of Grier City, and Robert E. Roeder of Summit Station from World War II.