Hoffman Estates Hometown Heroes are residents of Hoffman Estates who are service men and women currently deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sean Ward, a Hoffman Estates native, talks with an Iraqi child while providing security during a patrol in Hit, Iraq, March 8, 2008. Ward is from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
DoD photo by Cpl. Seth Maggard, U.S. Marine Corps
*More Hometown Heroes coming soon!
Photos and deployment information about Hometown Heroes are submitted by family members or friends. To submit information about a Hoffman Estates resident who is deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, please call 847-781-2600, or click here to contact the Village Manager's office.
When submitting information about a Hometown Hero, please provide:
- Name and photograph (in uniform) of person deployed
- Branch of service and unit
- Location of deployment (if possible)
- Anticipated length of deployment or anticipated homecoming date (if possible)