The front and back covers of a booklet published in 2017 of photos of all the Hometown Heroes banners from Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A list of all the banners included in the booklet is also provided. Individual veteran banners will be the subject of future blog posts.
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.
LYKENS HOMETOWN BANNERS
Main Street, Page 2
SPEC-4 Ronald Hirsch – U.S. Army – 1960-1962
CPL. Carl Franklin Thomas – U.S. Army Air Force – WWII/Pacific Theater
1-SG Michael J. Coleman – U.S. Army/Pa National Guard – 1985-present – Persian Gulf/GWOT
Cpl. Sgt. E-5 David Michael Snyder – U.S. Marine Corps. – 1968-1970
Dennis J. Buffington – U.S. Navy – Vietnam – 1962-1975
John C. Buffington – U.S. Navy – WWII 1941-1946
Claude P. Reedinger – U.S. Army – WWII-Germany
George York Kasper – U.S. Navy – WWII
Msgt William Begani – U.S. Army Air Forces – WWII
Main Street, Page 3
Msgt. George E. Begani – U.S. Army – WWII – Korean Conflict
William Henry Reedinger – U.S. Army – WWII 1944-1946
PFC. Robert “BOB” E. Witmer – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
F1C Andrew W. Begani – U.S. Navy – WWII
Delton Thomas Kreiser Sr. – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Cw4 Kerry H. Teter – U.S. Army – Vietnam/Persian Gulf/Global War on Terror
PFC. George “JUNEY” R. Yeager – U.S. Army – WWII
TSgt. Lawrence A. Krepich – U.S. Army – Vietnam/Cold War/Persian Gulf
SP/4(t) Terry Minnich – U.S. Army – Vietnam
Main Street, Page 4
CPL. Harry D. Bonawitz – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
PVT. Fred W. Paul – U.S. Army – WWI
Donald E. Bingaman – U.S. Army – WWII
SMSgt. Michele E. Brown – U.S. Air Force – Persian Gulf/Global War on Terror
Tsgt. Paul Kolva, Sr. – U.S.d Army – WWII (Purple Heart Recipient)
Lawrence R. Margetanski – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam/Cold War
A1C John David Margetanski – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam
Tom Margetanski – U.S. Air Force – Cold War/Vietnam
Gerald L. Clay Jr. – U.S. Navy – WWII
Main Street, Page 5
Msg. John Mauser, Jr. – U.S. Army – Global War on Terror
Mark Henry Hoover – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Charles “Chill” Siemons – U.S. Army – WWII
Lester Elwood Bowman Jr. – U.S. Army – 1962-1975
Glen Arthur Welker – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam/Cold War
Sgt. Lester A. Wiest – U.S. Army (AAF) – WWII – 1943-1946
Robert L. “PEP” Messner – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
John W “RAZZ” Rusbatch – U.S. Navy – WWII
Harold Eward Messner – U.S. Marine Corps. – 1942-1945
Main Street, Page 6
James O’Neill – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
TCH5 William A. Bateman – U.S. Army – WWII
Pvt. James A. Buffington Sr. – U.S. Army – WWII
SSG. Raymond E. Troutman – U.S. Army – Vietnam/Cold War
Blair Henry Dietrich – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Ssgt. Gilbert E. Burrell – U.S. Army – WWII
EMIII Robert E. Rusbatch – U.S. Navy – WWII – 1944-1946
Lawrence J. Lucas – U.S. Air Force – Cold War
Jim Britton – U.S. Navy (SeaBees) – Vietnam
Main Street, Page 7
Marlin Lebo Jr. – U.S. Marine Corps. – Vietnam
James H. Schreffler Sr. – U.S. Army Air Corp. – WWII – 1942-1945
Donald E. Sauve – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Ricky Lee Mauser – U.S. Marine Corps. – Cold War
Harry F. Hand – U.S. Army – 1959-1962
Donald Lee Kosier – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
MM3C John Perseponko – U.S. Navy – WWII
Waltr J. Sierer – U.S. Navy – WWII
Joseph J. Pendal Sr. – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Main Street, Page 8
T SGT Vincent John Yentsch – U.S. Army Air Force – WWII
Ted Wegner – U.S. Navy – Vietnam – 1965-1969
Charles “LINK” Lenhart – U.S. Navy/Air Force – WWII (Navy) Korean Conflict (Air Force)
Cpl. Michael Orowski – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
Elwood E. Paul – U.S. Navy – 1942-1945
Thomas L. Schreffler – U.S. Navy – WWII
Robert E. Stotelmyer – U.S. Marine Corps. – WWII
Robert Fromme – U.S. Army Air Force – WWII
Delton Thomas Kreiser Jr. – U.S. Army – Global War on Terror
Main Street, Page 9
SFC. Ralphie Jon Klinger – U.S. Army – 1966-2002
Em3 Thomas M. Osenbach – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict – 1950-1951
Sgt. William Hart – U.S. Marine Corps – Vietnam
John Franklin Bordner – U.S. Navy – WWII
Michael Lawrence Kerwin Jr. – U.S. Army – Vietnam – 1962-1968
Cpl (E-4) Marlin E. Schoffstalfl Jr. – U.S. Marine Corps. – Vietnam – 1963-1969
SCLT Marlin Earl Schoffstall Sr. – U.S. Navy – WWII
John Mcgrath – U.S. Army Air Corps. – WWII
James Kerwin – U.S. Army – Cold War
South Second, Page 11
MST./SGT. John M. Messner – U.S. Navy/Air Force Reserves
Barry James Bopp – U.S. Army/Infantry Division – 1961-1964
Daniel C. Bopp – U.S. Army – Cold War
Rick E. Bopp – U.S. Army – Operation Just Cause – Panama Invasion – 1989-1990
H. Wayne Evans – U.S. Army – WWII 1941-1946
Sgt. Jeffrey H. Smith Jr. – U.S. Army – 82nd Airborn Division – 1999-2003
TSGT. Ronald James Perkins – U.S. Air Force – Global War on Terror
Robert L. Stuppy – U.S. Navy – WWII
Ernest J. Weist – U.S. Navy – WWII
South Second, Page 12
SGT. 1st Class Brad A. Dietrich – U.S. Army National Guard – Persian Gulf/Global War on Terror
Tech. 4 Harold Matter – U.S. Army – WWII
Robert J. Klinger – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Sp5 Stephen R. Evans – U.S. Army
CPL. Erin Rachel Lemire – U.S. marine Corps. – Global War on Terror
Charles “Chal” C. Welker – U.S. Army – WWII
CPL. Joseph “MOE” King – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
H. Henry Heckert – U. S. Navy/Air National Guard/Naval Reserve – WWII – 1940-1944
Stewart Stanford Kreiser – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
South Second, page 13
SSG Charles C. Antes – PA Army National Guard – Cold War
Tsgt. Douglas C. Antes – U.S. Air Force – Cold War/Persian Gulf/Global War on Terror
Maj. Bradley A. Antes – U. S. Army – Cold War/Persian Gulf/Global War on Terror
SGT. Alfred E. Cook – U.S. Army – WWII
SGT. Robert E. Cook – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam
James G. Hirsch – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
Paul W. Welker – U.S. Air Force – 1955-1959
Allen M. Hoke Sr. – U.S. Navy – WWII
Market Street, Page 15
William E. Siemanski – U.S. Army – WWII
COX. Ralph C. Evans – U.S Navy – WWII
Cpl. Ralph E. Klinger Jr. – U.S. Arymy Air Corp. – WWII – 1941-1946
Pvt. Elwood Mason Kupp – U.S. Army – WWII – 1941-1946
Em2 Richard E. Klinger – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
James Francis Savage – U.S. Navy – WWII
Tim E. Williard – U.S. Naval Reserve/Air National Guard – 1965-1988
Sgt. George Samuel Freeman – U.S. Army – WWII
LT. Comander Frank J. Peterson – U.S. Navy – WWII
Market Street, page 16
John Eugene Kute – U.S. Army Corp. Engineers – 1942-1946
Michael Paul Krepich – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict – 1950-1954
Lamar “Tim” Ressler Jr. – U.S. Army – Vietnam – 1968-1972
Elias Tiazkun – U.S. Navy – WWII
S Sgt James A. Bateman – U.S. Army Air Corp – WWII
Dennis E. Miller – U.S. Army – Vietnam
LTC. Gilbert H. Mitchell jr. – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict/Vietnam/Cold War
SSGT Cornelius John Mahoney – U.S. Army Air Force – WWII
Edmund T. Hunter III – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
Market Street, page 17
Eugene Robert Buggy – U.S. Navy – WWII
Pvt. James Augustus Brauer – U.S. Army – WWII – 1941-1946
Sgt. Robert H. Reedinger – U.S. Army – Cold War
PFC. Robert R. Reedinger – U.S. Marine Corps. – Cold War – 1986-1991
James Alan Brauer – U.S. Navy – Vietnam
Msgt. Robert Kolva – U.S. Air Force – Operation Desert Storm
T5 Thomas James Clough – U.S. Army – 6 ½ Years
S1C Robert R. Matter – U.S. Navy – WWII
North Second Street, page 19
Guy “Butz” Bellon – U.S. Army – WWII
Elmer T. Warfel – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Robert J. “Cocky” Barder Sr. – U.S. Navy – WWII
Glenn E. Barder Sr. – U.S. Army – Vietnam
Sgt. Joseph P. Barder – U.S. Army – WWII
SMSgt. Harvey Pennell – U.S. Air Force – Cold War/Operation Iraqui Freedom
SGT. John Andrew Lotsko – U.S. Marine Corps. – 1942-1945
SGT. John W. Schreffler – U.S. Army – WWII
PFC. Clyde T. Schreffler – U.S. Army – WWII – 1943-1946
North Second Street, page 20
John D. Klinger – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Robert L. Bowman – U.S. Army – WWII
Gilbert Leroy Helt – U.S. Army Air Corps – WWII
Elwood N. Grimm – U.S. Air Force – WWII/Korean Conflict/Vietnam
Lewis Albert Bowman – U.S. Navy – WWII
Earl F. Keefer – U.S. Navy – WWII
Timothy Charles Schell – U.S. Army – 1979-2003
James Allen Enders – U.S. Army – WWII
Eugene l. Rickert – U.S. Army – Vietnam – 1962-1975
North Second Street, page 21
Kenneth Eugene Batz – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict – 1950-1955
Ralph “Pinkie” Pinkerton – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict
Sgt. James W. Trawitz – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam – 1968-1969
Sp4. Allen J. Trawitz – U.S. Army – Vietnam
Christine A. Shultz – PA. Air National Guard – 2014 – Present
Harold W. Erdman – U.S. Navy – WWII
Henry L. Smink – U.S. Army – WWII
Lester G. Hoffman – U.S. Navy – WWII – 1945-1946
North Street, page 23
Frank R. Sedesse – U.S. Air Force – WWII
George Edward Skelton – U.S. Army – WWII
Nicole “Nikki” Lynn Sedesse – U.S. Air Force – Global War on Terror/Present
Theodore John Worhacz – U.S. Navy – WWII
SGT. Charles “Chas” Maurer – U.S. Army Air Force – WWII
S/Sgt. John Leroy “Jonny” Sultzbaugh – U.S. Army – WWII
Roy E. Hoffman – U.S. Navy – Vietnam
Lori Lynn Harman – U.S. Air Force – Global War on Terror/Persian Gulf
CPL. William L. Boyer – U.S. Marine Corps. – WWII – 1941-1946
North Street, page 24
Kenneth M. Welker – U.S. Navy – WWII
William R. Williams – U.S. Army – 1962-1965
Clarence “Chet” Stuppy – U.S. Marine Corps. – WWII
Cpl. Thomas Allen Sigel – U.S. Army – WWII
Quay Lewis Cooper – U.S. Army – WWII
Harold Lee Rudisill – U.S. Air Force – Korean Conflict
Floyd Richard Schwenk – National Guard – Korean Conflict
Lt. William Ray Sigel – U.S. Army Air Corps. – WWII
SSGT. James Edward Hoffman – U.S. Army Air Corps. – WWII (KIA 11/15/43
North Street, page 25
Sp4 William Irvin Schaeffler Sr. – U.S. Army – 1962-1965
MSGT. Carl “Butch” Slough Jr. – U.S. Air Force – Gulf War – 1991 – Present
Cecelia A. Slough – PA. Air National Guard – 2014 – Present
George Pork Klinger – U.S. Air Force – Vietnam – 1962-1975
James A. Perkins – U.S. Army – WWII
Arch & Pine Streets, page 27
William E. Koch – U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict
Sp4 Robert L. Dauberman – U.S. Army – Vietnam
Norbert L. Mahoney – U.S. Navy – WWII
CPL. Edgar L. Dauberman – U.S. Marine Corps. – Korean Conflict (Purple Heart)
Thomas F. Kelly – U.S. Army – WWII
Grant L. Heintzelman – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict – 1953-1955
John “Rusty” Fox – U.S. Army – Korean Conflict/Vietnam
Glen & West Streets, page 29
Holden M. Zarker – U.S. Navy – WWII
Daniel Buffington – U.S. Navy – WWII
Earl A. “Grass” Buffington – U.S. Marine Corps WWII
Pfc. Lewis William Sigel – U.S. Army – Vietnam
Buffington Brothers – Army/Navy/Marines – WWII – Dan, James, Earl & John
William “Bill” Ibberson – U.S. Army – Cold War
Lewis E. Bowman – U.S. Army/National Guard – WWII
Robbie L. Schell Jr. – U.S. Army – 1992-1998
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Booklet information provided by David Hause.
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