The above image represents a part of a Hometown Hero Banner created for Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
For the Hometown Hero Program in Pillow, eighty-one banners were created, each honoring one local veteran. The banners were displayed in Pillow for several years, and just recently, summer 2022, were taken down and returned to their sponsors.
No booklet was created with pictures of the banners.
The Lykens Valley Blog is grateful to Sandra Lamenza and the Pillow Historical Society for providing digital files depicting all the Pillow banners. All of the veteran banner photos will be the subject of future blog posts. A list of all the banners is provided below.
The Pillow Historical Society can be contacted through its web site or its Facebook page.
Blog readers are encouraged to use these banner photos in published family histories and on web sites such as Ancestry.com and Findagrave.com.
Information from family members or researchers will be added if provided in comments to the individual blog posts, or sent as separate e-mails.
PILLOW HOMETOWN HERO BANNER LIST
Anthony C. Rummel – U. S. Army – Cold War
Charles H. Deppen – U. S. Army – World War II
Sgt. Charles M. Koppenhaver –U. S. Air Force – World War II
Bruce A. Lehman – U. S. Navy – Vietnam
Sgt. Charles L. Hess – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Clarence G. Schreffler – U. S. Army – Cold War
Dennis L. Smeltz – U. S. Army – Vietnam
Donley “Sam” Graff – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Daniel L. Kahler- U. S. Navy – Vietnam
Donald E. Martz – U. S. Army – Vietnam
Edward S. Kieffer – U. S. Army – Global War on Terror
Forest H. Deppen – U. S. Army – World War II
Gene E. Schreffler – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
Elwyn L. Boyer – U. S. Navy – World War II
Fred C. Shiffer – U. S. Army – World War II
Gerald R. Lenker – U. S. Army – World War II
Henry E. Shiffer – U. S. Army – World War II
John J. King Sr. – U. S. Air Force – Vietnam
Glenn E. Troutman – U. S. Navy – World War II
James M. Schade Jr. – U. S. Navy – Vietnam
John F. Shaffer Jr. – U. S. Army – World War II
Joy M. Troutman – U. S. Army – World War II
Lee E. Byerly – U. S. Army – World War II
Joseph L. Laudenslager – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
Keith R. Klinger – U. S. Marine Corps – Cold War
Kevin G. Keim Jr. – U. S. Army – Global War on Terror
Lee E. Byerly – U. S. Army – World War II – (Duplicate)
Marvin O. Snyder – U. S. Army – Vietnam
Larry A. Fessler – U. S. Air Force – The Cold War
Marlin Keiter – U. S. Army – World War II
Merle H. Phillips – U. S. Marine Corps – Korean Conflict
Capt. Owen E. Grimm – U. S. Navy – World War I & World War II
Paul J. Dockey Jr. – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Neil Schlegel – U. S. Army – World War II
Paul E. Brown – National Guard – Vietnam
Paul R. Feger – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Paul Latsha – U. S. Navy – World War II
Paul C. Mattis – U. S. Navy – World War II
Paul K. Kobel – U. S. Navy – World War II
Paul L. Brown – U. S. Army – World War II
Philip D. Snyder – U. S. Navy – Cold War
Ralph Gessner – U. S. Army – World War II
Richard V. Bachert – U. S. Navy – Post Cold War
Preston R. Troutman – U. S. Air Force – Vietnam
Ralph S. Leitzel – U. S. Army – World War II
Richard S. Shiffer – U. S. Navy – Vietnam
Robert L. Leitzel – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Shane Keefer – U. S. Army – Global War on Terror
Richard E. Troutman – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Roy J. Rebuck – U. S. Army – World War II
Terry V. Snyder – U. S. Navy – Vietnam – Cold War
MSG Thomas C. Erdman – U. S. Army National Guard – Persian Gulf – GWOT
Thomas A. Deibler – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
William J. Newcomb – U. S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
Harry A. Tapper – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
Philip Jeffrey Myers – U. S. Air Force – Global War on Terror
Kermit E. Bohner – U. S. Army – World War II
Roy J. Shaffer – U. S. Army – World War II
Roy C. Wetzel – U. S. Army – World War II
Walter H. Tweitmann – U. S. Marine Corps – Cold War
George R. Kessler – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
J. Elmer Adams – U. S. Army – World War II
Jeremy R. Shiffer- U. S. Army Ranger – Persian Gulf – Global War on Terror
Major Mills A. Eure – U. S. Army Reserve – Civil Affairs – Vietnam
Sean M. Newcomb – U. S. Army – Global War on Terror
Stephen P. Shiffer – U. S. Army- Vietnam
Paul T. Shiffer – Army – World War II
Arlene Adams & Marian Adams – U. S. Army – World War II
Kenneth W. Erdman – U. S. Army – World War II
Richard G. Kelly – U. S. Marine Corps – Korean Conflict
Ronald J. Erdman – U. S. Army – Cold War
William F. Metzger – U. S. Navy – Korean Conflict
Carl A. Bredbenner – U. S. Navy – World War II
David “Ted” Boyer – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Irving E. Rath – U. S. Air Force- World War II
Joseph A. Powell – U. S. Marine Corps – Cold War
Terry L. Snyder – U. S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
Trevor A. Buffington – Army National Guard – Kuwait
Bobby A. Hoffman – U. S. Army – Korean Conflict
Joe Coleman – Army National Guard – Persian Gulf
William F. Shaffer – U. S. Army – World War II
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Assistance with this post was provided by David Hause.
Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.