The cover of a revised edition of Halifax Hometown Heroes – Banners: In Honor of Our Veterans, published in 2019. This edition contains photographs (3.5″ x 7″) in 140 pages of all the banners displayed in Halifax and Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was compiled by Pearl Bretz Hane. Each banner has a picture of the veteran and information about his or her service.
The banners are organized by the war (or peacetime) in which the veteran served.
Banners depicted are as follows:
CIVIL WAR
- Valentine E. Eisenhower
- William Warfel
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
WORLD WAR II
- Richard E. Bitting
- John Henry Bower
- Blake C. Bowman
- Jay C. Bowman
- Charles Braucher
- Robert Stanley Cooper
- Walter A. Donofrio
- Russell L. Enterline
- 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
- Dean Harry Lentz
- Harry G. Long
- Lee C. Matter
- Paul S. Mattis
- William W. Mattis
- Lee Rue Miller
- Lewis Gl 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 R. 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
- Charles W. Warfel
- Raymond G. Warfel
- Harry E. Weaver
- Clair Wiest
- Marlin E. Zimmerman
SERVED IN YEARS OF PEACE
- Kenneth Matter
- George M. Wert Jr.
- George Deppen
- Harry H. Smeltz
- Ray T. Koppenheffer
- Marvin Headdings Jr.
- Richard E. Kinsinger
- Leon F. Goudy
- James R. Brown
- Jeff Smeltz
- Margaret “Peep” Kissinger
- Michael T. Decker
- Keith A. Masser
- Kenneth E. Corsnitz
- Taft T. Hoffman
- Ronald L. Stoneroad Jr.
KOREAN CONFLICT
- Owen D. Bowman
- Donald Cooper
- Paul W. Enders
- Carl H. Eshleman
- Ned D. Felker
- Gilbert L. Goudy
- John N. Gurganious
- Glenn T. Helt
- Gerlad 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 E. Walsh
- Marlin T. Wilbert
- Elmer R. Woland
- Forrest H. Yeager
VIETNAM ERA
- Charles Alesky
- 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
- David B. Troutman
- Robert Warfel
- Robert H. Weaver
- Carl J. Webster
- James F. Wilhelm
- Reynold Witmer
- Gary L. Zimmerman
FIRST PERSIAN GULF WAR
- Angela Chandler
- Joshua S. L. Enders
- Robert E. Fetterhoff Jr.
- Randall D. Gervell
- John S. Hane
- Lynn E. Whitesel
- David E. Wilhelm
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR (2003 – present)
- 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 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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Copies of this book are available through the Halifax Area Historical Society.
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