Operation Hero honors fallen service members with drive-thru display

Members of the Roy High School drill team set up yard signs for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. The students placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags for a display in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display. Antionette Stapley founded Operation Hero in honor of her late husband, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy Stapley, who died on July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar.

Antionette Stapley, left, hugs daughter Kennedy, after they placed a memorial sign in honor of Antoinette’s late husband and Kennedy’s father, Army 1st Sgt. Tracy L. Stapley, who died July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar, as they set up for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. Kennedy Stapley joined her teammates on the Roy High School drill team as they placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display.

Members of the Roy High School drill team set up yard signs for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. The students placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags for a display in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display. Antionette Stapley founded Operation Hero in honor of her late husband, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy Stapley, who died on July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar.

Members of the Roy High School drill team set up yard signs for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. The students placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags for a display in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display. Antionette Stapley founded Operation Hero in honor of her late husband, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy Stapley, who died on July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar.

Members of the Roy High School drill team set up yard signs for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. The students placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags for a display in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display. Antionette Stapley founded Operation Hero in honor of her late husband, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy Stapley, who died on July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar.

Members of the Roy High School drill team set up yard signs for Operation Hero’s drive-thru Memorial Day display at Station Park in Farmington on Friday, May 22, 2020. The students placed 281 yard signs and 50 American flags for a display in honor of Utah service members who have died while in service since Sept. 11, 2001. The signs include a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture. Families are invited to drive or walk past the display. Antionette Stapley founded Operation Hero in honor of her late husband, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy Stapley, who died on July 3, 2013, during a deployment to Qatar.