A complete collection of images of the Hometown Hero Banners for Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is available in book form from the Williamstown Historical Society. The banners are arranged by branch of service. Today’s blog post provides a list of the banners for those who served in the United States Army. A sample banner is pictured above.
- Robert Paul – 1970 to 1996
- SFC Raymond Whittaker – Korea
- Stephen E. Yuslum – World War II (1841 to 1946)
- PFC Anthony T. Yuslum – World War II (Killed in Action)
- SGT Walter S. Yuslum – World War II
- Earl Underkoffler – World War II
- CW4 Edward (Hooner) Bond – Korea
- CW4 Edward “Eddie” Spittle Jr. – 1965 to 2004
- David A. Lucas – Vietnam (January 28, 1971 to September 22, 1972)
- SGT Frank A. Deiter – Korean Conflict (1950 to 1953)
- George J. Schaeffer Sr. – 1945 to 1948
- George S. Morningwake – World War II
- George W. Nace – World War II
- James V. Stakem – World War II
- PVT-2 Jimmie Dale Salada – 1957 to 1963
- PFC Joseph T. Readinger – World War II
- Mark V. Challenger Sr. – World War II
- John Stakem – Korea
- John T. Shuttlesworth II – Global War on Terror
- Ralph “Ice” Shuttlesworth and Ray “Dick” Shuttlesworth – World War II
- Joseph C. Bast – World War II & Korean Conflict
- Richard Updegrave – Vietnam
- PVT Earl E. Grimm – 1993 to 1996 (Army & 12 Bravo Combat Engineer)
- Bailee Von McNeal – 2018 to Present
- Dennis G. LaMonte – Vietnam
- Mark Dunn – World War II
- Nora Drum – World War II
- SFC Carl L. “Jim” Bettinger III – Operation Iraqi Freedom & Global War on Terror
- Dusan P. Miller – World War II
- Joseph W. Ferron – World War II (Purple Heart)
- SP4 Ralph M. Mills II – Vietnam Era (1964 to 1967)
- Galen P. Hoffman Sr. – World War II (December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946)
- Jack McNeal – World War II
- SSGT George Charles Reho – World War II
- Carl T. Carroll – Cold War, Persian Gulf, Global War on Terror
- George O. Crisswell Jr. – Vietnam
- Joseph F. Buggy Jr. – World War II (December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946) – Army & Air Force
- William Rowe – World War II (December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946)
- Herbert R. Hoffman – Korean Conflict
- George E. Buggy – Korea
- Richard P. Phillips – Pennsylvania Army National Guard
- Glen F. “John” Underkoffler – 1963 to 1965
- Vincent Osag – World War II
- CPL John A. Yanoscak – World War I
- SGT George J. Yanoscak – World War I
- Charles V. Buggy – World War II
- Clair “Speck” Malick – Korea (1950 to 1953)
- Stacie L. Smith – 1996 to 2001
- SSGT George R. Bailey – World War II (Prisoner of War)
- John Patrick Gaffney – Korean Conflict
- Kyle W. Beese – Global War on Terror (2009 to 2017)
- TEC-5 George Pinchorski – World War II
- Clyde A. Adams – Vietnam
- John J. Wrubel – Korean Conflict
- Roy L. Frantz – Korea
- Larry L. Daniel – Vietnam (1961 to 1963)
- Doyle Girton – Korean Conflict of 1951 to 1990
- George W. Clemens – World War II
- Earl “Bob” Hoffman and Eleanore “Babe” Hoffman – World War II
- Eleanore “Kim” Thompson – 1975 to 2016 (Pennsylvania National Guard)
- John “Jack” Buggy – World War II (Army Air Corps)
- Clair B. “Bee” Buggy – Korean Conflict
- Thomas E. Dunlop Sr. – Army
- Jsmes E. Shuttlesworth – Korean Conflict
- Joseph W. Shuttlesworth Sr. – World War II
- Kenneth Mueller – World War II (1941 to1945)
- MSG Kenneth L. Schaeffer – 1976 to 2016
- Marlin E. Sowers – Vietnam
- Harry Shammo – World War II; John Shammo – Korean Conflict
- John Talhelm – World War II and Korean Conflict
- SFC(R) Ray F. Archer – July 1980 to July 2005
- SSGT William C. Bohner – 1953 to 1994
- Albert Parsons – World War II
- Earl E. Grimm – World War II & Korean Conflict
- Albert Scott Williard – World War II
- SSGT (E6) Cameron D. Smith – 1966 to 1997 (Army & Air Force)
- Paul “Pete” Hartman – World War II
- Russell Houtz – April 2, 1941 to August 30, 1945
- Donald H. Hoffman – World War II
- Mark J. Hoffman – World War II
- David I. Hoffman – Korean Conflict
- CPT Greg Showers – Persian Gulf
- ISG Gary Williard – O. E. F. March 2004 to I. O. F. 2009
- Raymond Buggy – World War II
- Terry L. Bush – Vietnam
- Paul Brothers (Elwood, Harold, Galen, Forrest) – World War II & Korean Conflict (Army & Navy)
- Stanley Kandybowski – World War II
- SGT John William Griffith – World War I
- Michael P. Flynn – Vietnam
- Russel C. Engle – World War II
- James J. Bopp – World War II (Prisoner of War)
- BG Jim “Butch” Buggy – Korea, Persian Gulf (1950 to 1992)
- Russel Lower – World War II
- LTC Craig R. Shuttlesworth – Global War on Terror, Cold War
- John “Jack” Esterline – Vietnam
- SGT George S. Barkos – World War II
- Zigmund “Zig” Reho – World War II
- Steven Perzia – Global War on Terror (1997 to Currently Serving)
- James Fitzpatrick – World War II
- Glenn E. Barder Sr. – Vietnam
- Alvin “Stoney” Michaels – Korean Conflict (June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955)
- CW5 Richard A. Bopp – Vietnam, Cold War & Persian Gulf
- CPL Robert E. Talhelm – World War II
- MSG Clem Merwine – Korean Conflict
- Donald L. Schoffstall – World War II
- Donald F. Coles – Korea
- Carl Bowerman – Korean Conflict (June 27, 1950 – January 31, 1955)
- Leon “Buff” Buffington – World War II – Korean Conflict
- Harry C. Kurtz – World War I (1918-1919)
- Robert Radell – World War II (Town’s First Casualty of War)
- Frederick A. Stuppy – World War II
- Jay S. Troup – World War II (Army Air Corps)
- SFC Danny L. Iser – Vietnam (1969 to 1989)
- Donald T. Klinger – World War II
- Robert Wesley Malick – World War II ETO – Prisoner of War (1944 to 1945)
- Daniel S. Talhelm – World War I
- Richard L. Bohner – Vietnam
- Russell A. Umholtz – World War II
- Leroy Elwood Artz – Korean Conflict & Cold War
- Norman R. Devers – World War II
- Tim Kessinger – Pennsylvania National Guard & Persian Gulf (1976 to 1998)
- Harvey Pennell – World War I
- Harold “Popeye” Cinqmars – U. S. Army
- Donald Klinger and Edward Klinger – World War II
- Timothy Heisey – Global War on Terror
- John F. McNamara – World War II (December 7, 1941 – December 31, 1946)
- Charles “Woody” Rowe – World War II, Korea
- William L. Carl – Cold War (May 7, 1956 to April 5, 1958)
- SSGT Melvin “Mel” Spangler – World War II (U. S. Army Engineers)
- Michael J. Barkus – World War II
- Robert L. Delaney – Global War on Terror (1981 to Present)
- Thomas M. Stakem Sr. – Korea
- Ronald “Ted” Challenger – 1955 to 1958
- LT COL Robert M. Bond – Korean Conflict
- Adrian “80” Kress – 1946
- SP4 Karen M. Baker-Bopp – Cold War
- Ellis C. Miller – World War II
- James C. Cox – World War II
- William Houtz Sr. – 1959 to 1973
- MST John “Jack” Sweikert – World War II
- Harlan James Davis – World War II
- John “Tony” Murray – World War I
- Robert Mitchell – Vietnam (1953 to 1975)
- Edward H. Butler – World War II
- John M. Culton – World War II; Edward D. “Ted” Kreiner – Marines (1913 to 1917)
- Charles Taylor Sr. – Korean War
- SP-5 Robert Hoffman – Vietnam (1871 to 1973); National Guard (1978)
- Bernard V. McAuliffe – World War II
- SFC James J. Smith – 1970 to 2002 (Army & Pennsylvania National Guard)
- PFC Jacob H. Frederick Jr. – Vietnam
- Richard V. Rodichok – Vietnam (Army National Guard)
- Michael E. Hammaker – Vietnam
- SSGT Martin F. Brennan – 1968 to 1981 (Army, Army Reserve, 103 Maintenance Company)
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To obtain a copy of this book (cost and shipping details), contact the Williamstown Historical Society, through their Facebook Page, or write to 115 W. Market Street, Williamstown, PA 17098.
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