NFFF 2019 Memorial Weekend Roll of Honor

Remembering our fallen firefighters

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND — The 38th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will be held Sunday, October 6, 2019, to honor 92 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2018 and 27 firefighters who died in the line of duty in previous years.

Live broadcast of Candlelight Service and Memorial Service on FirefighterNation:
Saturday, October 5, 2019 6:00 — 7:30 pm EDT
Sunday, October 6, 2019 9:30 am — 12:00 pm EDT

Here is a list of those being honored:

Arizona

Joshua W. Eugin

California

Andrew J. Brake | Anthony “Tony” Colacino
Brian Corcoran Hughes | David T. Moorman
David R. Rosa | Donald Ray Smith | Jeremy Stoke
Braden Gordie Varney

Colorado

Aaron Lybarger

Georgia

Stacey Leigh Boulware | Earnest M. McDuffie
Adam Chadwick Taylor

Illinois

Juan Bucio

Indiana

John C. Butler | Jeffrey D. Holt

Iowa

Thomas L. Henrich

Kansas

John Wayne Randle

Kentucky

Jeffrey L. Crossfield | James K. Donnelly
Richard F. Gossman | Ronald Keith Helton
Ray Hollingsworth

Louisiana

Russell A. Achord

Maryland

Mitchell D. Dobbins | Nathan E. Flynn
Daniel Lee “Danny” Lister | Christopher C. Pryor

Massachusetts

Christopher J. Roy

Michigan

Michael J. Lubig | Robert J. Phillips II

Minnesota

Timothy W. Royce

Mississippi

Robert L. “Bobby” Dunaway | Dustin W. Grubbs
Randall Glen Yeatman

Missouri

Russell H. Hayes

Montana

Tom O. Martin

Nevada

Thelonious “Theo” Adams

New Jersey

Gene M. “Gussy” Dannenfelser
Natalie Nicole Dempsey
Pasquale Peter DiBenedetto | Michael G. Galay
Craig Allan Maull | Thomas D. Miserendino

New Mexico

Jacob Shadd Rohwer

New York

Raymond W. Alexander | Robert W. Alexander
Howard Bischoff | John L. Buhler | Carl Capobianco
Gregory A. Chevalley | Michael R. Davidson
George F. Froehlich | Vanclive A. Johnson
Robert J. Lembo | Emilio R. Longo | Jimmy Martinez
Brian J. Masterson | Mark W. McKay
Joseph D. McKeon | Edward T. Meehan
Steven C. Mosiello | Kevin A. Rooney
Michael Paul Smith Jr. | Roy E. Smith
Ronald R. Spadafora | William R. St. George Sr.
Ronald P. Svec | Paul R. Tokarski | Walter Torres
Thomas R. Van Doran

North Carolina

Michael Gene Goodnight | Jeffrey Newton Holden
Michael Eric “Bubba” Pennell
Romulus S. “Tony” Spencer III
William Perry Willis

Ohio

Rodney D. Baker Jr. | Daniel Joseph Lucius

Oklahoma

William F. Brinza III | Madison L. Clinton Jr.

Oregon

Eric C. Aarseth | Mark James Burns

Pennsylvania

Zachary John Anthony | Scott W. Dannheimer
Ivan Kenneth Flanscha | Michael Godzak Jr.
Benny R. Hutchins | Gabriel G. Lee
Matthew LeTourneau | Michael T. Reese

Rhode Island

Richard A. Jenks

South Carolina

Dennis Charles Straight

South Dakota

David P. Fischer

Tennessee

Jason Wade Dickey | Richard Chalmers McCormick

Texas

Devon D. Coney | M.V. Hudson Jr.
Richard Andy Loller Jr. | Larry Marusik
William M. Thompson

U.S. Virgin Islands

Dwayne Anthony “Yogi” Thomas

Utah

Matthew David Burchett

Vermont

Casey Steven Kuhns

Virginia

Dennis Lynn Brent | Bradford T. Clark
James Pierce Kegley Jr. | William H. Moore IV
Anthony R. Whetzel | Herbert T. “Butch” Wilcox

Washington

Walter “Duffy” Burns Jr. | Timothy D. Cruger
Marvin E. Larry | John Olaf Swobody

West Virginia

Thomas Ray Craigo | Michael J. Edwards

Wisconsin

Cory James Barr | Richard L. Garner Jr.
Philip H. Neubich Sr. | Christopher P. Truman

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