Hometown Heroes
Hometown Hero Banner Application Form – Complete this application to get your family member recognized in our Banner Program. *Please note that the pricing may change; the pricing shown on the form is accurate as of February 2023.
Program Coordinator – Karen Johnson-Kemp, Library Director, Email: karen.johnson-kemp@lib.de.us Phone: (302) 337-7401 Ext. 107
Banners are displayed on the following streets:
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- North and South Main Street
- Market Street
- Church Street
- Delaware Ave
- Banning, Harry C. – Army, WWII
- Barr, John – New Jersey Army National Guard Master Sergeant, 1953-1997
- Betze, Stephen A. – Army, WWII
- Brummel, David, Sr. – United States Army, Army Sergeant, Persian Gulf War
- Brummel, Michael, Sr. – United States Army, SP4, Cold War
- Burbage, Charles – United States Army Private, WWII
- Boyd, David, Sr. – Untied States Navy 2nd Class Petty Officer, WWII
- Callaway, A. Noble, III – United States Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5, Gulf War
- Cannon, Elmer – Army, WWII
- Cannon, Stephen, United States Navy, HT-3, Vietnam
- Cannon, Virgil – Army, WWII
- Cannon, William Laws – Company E of First Delaware Cavalry Captain, Civil War
- Carr, Douglas “Gene” – United States Navy Seaman, Vietnam
- Carr, William D. – United States Army Sergeant, WWII
- Chaney, Billie Jo – Army, WWII
- Coble, Henry “Hank” – United States Army Specialist, Vietnam
- Collie, Gilbert – United States Army Specialist 5 – Vietnam
- Collins, Glenn – United States Marine Corps Corporal, Vietnam
- Collins, Hugh T. – Army, WWII
- Collison, Ralph – United States Army Sergeant, WWII
- Custer, C. Earl – United States Navy Aviation Machinery Mate, WWII
- Davis, Ralph – Army, WWII
- Dean, Charles – United States Army Staff Sergeant, Vietnam
- Durham, Amiel L., Sr. – United States Army, Korean Conflict
- Grant, Gene T. – United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal, Vietnam – KIA
- Hallman, Jack C. – Army Air Force, WWII
- Hardesty, George – United States Air Force Staff Sergeant, Korean Conflict
- Hartzell, William “Bill” – United States Army Specialist 3, Korean Conflict
- Helm, Lewis A. – Navy, WWII
- Holmes, Marty – United States Army Specialist 5, Vietnam
- Horne, George – United States Army Specialist, Vietnam
- Houtman, Joseph A. – Navy, WWII
- James, John Edwin – United States Navy Gunner’s Mate Third Class, WWII
- Janes, Robert W. – United States Army 101st Airborne Specialist, Vietnam
- Jefferson, Charles Brian – United States Army, PV2, Persian Gulf War
- Jefferson, Ervin “Jeff” – United States Marine Corps, PFC, Cold War
- Jefferson, George – United States Army, PFC, Korea
- Jefferson, Norman Richard – United States Army, SP4, Vietnam
- Jefferson, Robert “Bobby Lee” – United States Marine Corp Lance Corporal, 1960-1964
- Jefferson, Thomas O. – United States Army, PFC, Vietnam
- Jefferson, William “Billy” – United States Army, PFC, Vietnam
- Jones, W. Allen – United States Air Force Airman First Class, 1951-1954
- Kelly, Edwin J., Jr. – Army, WWII
- Kelly, Elizabeth – Army, WWII
- Kehlenbrink, Jerry and Marjorie – Royal Dutch Navy, Royal Women’s Air Force, WWII
- Knowles, William R. – United States Army Private First Class, WWII
- Lewis, Richard – United States Army Major, Vietnam
- McQuown, John – United States Army Sergeant, Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Melson, Charles – United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, Vietnam – Cold War
- O’Day, Raymond Thomas – United States Navy, Seaman 2nd Class, WWII
- Parker, Carl E., II – United States Army Private First Class, WWII
- Passwaters, Jo – Navy, WWII
- Peterson, Oliver – United States Army Private, WWII
- Powell, Norman G. – Army, WWII
- Prettyman, Kenneth “Corkey” – United States Army Specialist 4, Vietnam
- Rose, Donald – United States Army Specialist 3, Korean War
- Russell, Harry N. – United States Army Air Corps, T/SGT., WWII – MIA
- Shockley, John “Bill” – United States Army Air Force Staff Sergeant, WWII
- Shockley, John M. – United States Air Force Airman Second Class, Cold War
- Short, Robert – United States Army, PFC, Korean War
- Smith, Charles W., Sr. – United States Navy 1st Class Petty Officer, WWII
- Smith, Matthew – Delaware Air National Guard, Master Sergeant, Global War on Terror & Persian Gulf War
- Smith, Thelton – United States Army Private First Class, WWII
- Speicher, David C. – Army, WWII
- Speight, Mary V. “Ginger” – United States Army, SFC, Cold War, Persian Gulf War
- Speight, Robert Lee – Navy, WWII
- Speight, Robert Wendell – United States Army, SP4, Vietnam
- Stein, Sidney – Navy, WWII
- Stuart, William E., Jr. – United States Marine Corps Corporal, WWII
- Thomas, Chance – United States Army Private First Class, Global War on Terror
- Thomas, Nathan O. – United States Army Air Force Tuskegee Airman Corporal, WWII
- Tull, Leroy T. – Army Air Force, WWII
- Weal, James – U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant, Gulf War, Operation Freedom
- West, Huey, Jr. – United States Army Field First Drill Sergeant – Korean War
- West, Kenneth P. – United States Army Specialist 4, Vietnam
- Wheatley, Joseph R. – Army Air Corps, WWII
- Willey, Harry E., Sr. – United States Army Private, Korea
- Willey, Leon – United States Marine Corps Corporal, Vietnam
- Williamson, Bruce – United States Army Specialist 4, Vietnam
- Yarborough, Thomas, Jr. – United States Army, PFC
- Yarborough, Troy – United States Navy, Petty Officer 1st Class, Persian Gulf War
