Veterans Day Ceremony - 2025
Please join the Town of Galena in honoring the brave men and women who have served our country.
This year’s honorees are Corporal Thomas H. Camp, Vietnam, U.S. Marines, and Private Norris Brown, Civil War, United States Colored Troops.
This special ceremony is a time to reflect, remember, and thank those who have defended our freedom. All are welcome to attend.
HOMETOWN HEROES HONORED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
2025
Corporal
Thomas Hurtt Camp
United States Marines
Vietnam War
2025
Private
Norris Brown
United States Colored Troops
Civil War
2024
2024
Specialist
Spencer J. Wilder, Jr.
United States Army
Vietnam Conflict - Germany
2024
2024
Private First Class Alfred Grooms
United States Army
World War II - African Theatre
2023
2023
2023
Yeomanette 3rd Class
Emma (Darlington) Masten
United States Navy
World War I
2022
2023
2023
Lieutenant
Price Roe Stradley
United States Army
World War II - Pacific Theatre
2021
2023
2021
Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class
William "Bill" Blake
United States Navy
Kennedy Assassination
2020
2023
2021
Corpsman
Harry J. Pisapia
United States Navy
Cuban Missile Crisis
2019
2019
2019
Sergeant
Jeffrey D. Dwyer
United States Army
Operation Desert Storm
2018
2019
2019
Private
William Ross
United States Army
World War I
2017
2019
2017
Private First Class
Harvey Hurtt Camp
United States Army
World War II - Germany
2016
2019
2017
Sergeant
John C. Bramble
United States Army
Vietnam War
2015
2015
2015
Staff Sergeant
H. Richard Hanifee
United States Army
Vietnam Warr
2015
2015
2015
Lance Corporal
Michael Boyd
United States Marines
Vietnam War
2014
2015
2014
Staff Sergeant
Arthur B. Dill
United States Army
World War II - Pacific Theatre
2013
2015
2014
Corporal
Charles Jackson
United States Army
Korean Conflict
2012
2012
2012
Private First Class
William "Bill" Briscoe
United States Army
World War II - European Theatre
2011
2012
2012
Specialist
John T. Newnam
United States Army
World War II
2010
2012
2010
Major
Andrew McCauley, Sr.
United States Air Force
World War II, Korea & Vietnam
2009
2012
2010
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class
Joseph Connelly
United States Navy Vietnam War
2008
2008
2008
Staff Sergeant
Lewin F. Steel
United States Marine Corps
World War II
2007
2008
2008
Corporal
Brandon M. Craig
United States Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
2006
2008
2006
Private First Class
Eugene Nolan Haley
United States Army
Korean Conflict
2005
2008
2006
Corporal
John Duhamell, Sr.
United States Army
World War II - Pacific Theatre
2004
Sergeant
Jarrett B. Thompson
United States Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
2004
Private
Bryan Nicholas Spry
United States Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom
2003
2003
Ship Fitter 2nd Class
James E. Woodall
United States Navy
World War II - Pacific Theatre
2002
2003
Officer
Harry Pomrenke
United States Navy
World War II
2001
2001
2001
Staff Sergeant
Samuel F. Sessa
United States Air Force
Korean Conflict
2000
2001
2001
Private First Class
Robert J. Davis, Jr.
United States Army
Vietnam War
1999
2001
1999
Remembrance of All Veterans
1997
2001
1999
Remembrance of All Veterans
1918
1918
1918
Private
James E. Caldwell
United States Army
World War I