A photograph of the Hometown Heroes Banner honoring all military veterans from Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The following veterans are honored with a photo of their individual banner in a 138-page-book, Halifax Hometown Heroes Banners, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2019 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, Halifax, Pennsylvania 17032.
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Civil War
- Valentine E. Eisenhower
- William Warfel
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World War I
- Harold Alvin Altland
- Lloyd Sharon Bowman
- Leonard G. Clemson
- Lester A. Enders
- John D. Gelencser
- Wilbur H. Hawk
- Benjamin N. Phillips
- Andrew C. Yeager
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World War II
- Richard E. Bitting
- John Henry Bower
- Blake C. Bowman
- Jay C. Bowman
- Charles Braucher
- Robert Stanley Cooper
- Walter A. Donofrio
- Carl H. Eshleman
- Charles Edward Funk Sr.
- Chester L. Gelnett
- John M. Geyer Sr.
- John D. A. Ginter
- John Arthur Goudy
- Kenneth L. Goudy Sr.
- William Edwin Goudy
- George E. Graff
- Howard Jacob Gunder
- Ruth June [Reynolds] Gunder
- Robert W. Hawk
- Donald C. Hoffman
- Ernest “Pat” Hoffman
- J. Fred Hoffman
- Paul W. Hoffman
- Homer P. Houtz
- John W. Humphrey
- Clarence A. Keiter
- Russell L. Keiter
- John Konick
- Daniel C. Koppenheffer
- Floyd L. Laudenslager
- John F. Lebo
- Reed L. Lebo
- Richard D. Lebo
- William W. Mattis
- Lee Rue Miller
- Lewis G. Miller
- Robert Lee Miller
- William R. Motter
- James H. Peck
- John R. Poffenberger
- Kenneth L. Poffenberger
- Robert B. Poffenberger
- Marlin Reed
- Alfred F. Reedy
- Alfred F. Rummel
- Wauneta B. Rummel
- Harold C. Rummel
- George Newton Ruth
- William Schmick
- W. Frank Seagrist
- Lester James Shertzer
- Joseph E. Shomper
- John C. SHoop
- Karl Dean SHoop
- Arthur Snyder
- Arthur M. “Bud” Snyder
- Russell E. Snyder
- William “Bill” Spahr
- Vance Elias Stine
- George R. Sweigard
- James Raymond Tobias
- Pauline [Hackenberger] Tobias
- Richard C. Tobias
- Blair S. Troutman
- Arthur L. Warfel
- Chalres W. Warfel
- Raymond G. Warfel
- Harry E. Weaver
- Clair Wiest
- Marlin Zimmerman
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Served in Years of Peace
- Kenneth Matter
- George M. Wert Jr.
- George Deppen
- Harry H. Smeltz
- Ray T. Koppenheffer
- Marvin Headdings Jr.
- Richard W. Kinsinger
- Leon F. Goudy
- James R. Brown
- Jeff Smeltz
- Margaret “Peep” Kissinger
- Michael T. Decker
- Keiith A. Masser
- Kenneth E. Corsnitz
- Taft T. Hoffman
- Ronald L. Stoneroad Jr.
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Korean Conflict
- Owen D. Bowman
- Donald Cooper
- Paul W. Enders
- Carl H. Eshleman
- Ned D. Felker
- Gilbert L. Goudy
- Colin N. Gurganious
- Glenn T. Helt
- Gerald D. Hile
- Ralph S. Kieffer
- Kermit K. Masser
- James R. Miller
- Carl Poffenberger
- Lynn E. Poffenberger
- Allen R. Ramberger
- Paul R. Reigle
- Robert Rutter
- Hugh L. Stamm
- Jack L. Strohecker
- Frank L. Suskie
- Howard V. Thomas
- Raymond H. Urich Sr.
- Gerald F. Walsh
- Marlin T. Wilbert
- Elmer R. Woland
- Forrest H. Yeager
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Vietnam Era
- Charles Aleksy
- Max Bowman
- Jeffery Buffington
- Leonard Buffington
- Terry L. Corsnitz
- Earl E. Deibler
- James H. Deppen
- John L. Dorman
- Bruce H. Dorman Jr.
- Raymond L. Enders
- William J. Fuhrman
- Chad Elroy Funk
- Charles E. FUnk Jr.
- Gary L. Geyer
- David J. Hause
- Steve Helt
- Darrell M. Hoffman
- Randy L. Hoffman
- Albert “Pony” Kerstetter
- Carl Kinsinger
- Gary A. Kinsinger
- Carnell G. Landis
- Robert T. Moyer
- Roy E. Ogden Jr.
- Eugene Painter
- Keith E. Poffenberger
- Ray E. Rummel
- Richard Schmick
- Roger E. Seltzer Sr.
- Edwin E. Shoop
- Robert W. SHoop
- Donald Shutt
- Norman C. Stanton III
- Jack Still
- James F. Wilhelm
- Reynold Witmer
- Gary L. Zimmerman
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First Persian Gulf War
- Angela Chandler
- Joshua L. Enders
- Robert E. Fetterhoff Jr.
- Randall D. Gervell
- John S. Hane
- Lynn E. Whitesel
- David E. Wilhelm
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Global War on Terror
- John Cameron
- Matthew W. Howard
- Kevin A. Kolva
- Kirk A. Laudenslager
- Bradley A. Michael
- James Miller
- Jared A. Ruff
- Donald J. Simmons
- Kohl H. Welcomer
- Kenneth E. Zeigler II
- Daniel Schmick
- Tyler J. Enders
- Christian J. Hoover
- Jeffrey L. Tracey
- Corey K. Bower
- Michael T. Shumaker
- Daniel E. Keys
- Kenneth Albright
- Michael Blough
- Mark W. Rummel
- Bradley C. Fornwalt
- Robert A. Reckford
- Tracy Zimmerman
- Daniel J. Miller
- Todd L. Enders
- Dustin H. Shultz
- Hunter Rowe
- Sean M. Kaufman
- Travis J. Enders
- Brice O. Westfall
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For information on the availability of this book, contact the Halifax Area Historical Society through their Facebook Page, or write to the address in the first paragraph of this blog post.
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