Edmon

Remembering Never to Forget
2023 Houston Fire Department's Recent Deaths   

We  have  lost 1 Firefighters

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The year 2022 left us with 77 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2021 left us with 60 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2020 left us with 66 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2019 left us with 57 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2018 left us with 53 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2017 left us with 63 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2016 left us with 36 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2015 left us with 50 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2014 left us with  54  Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2013 left us with 43 Deceased Fire Fighters

The year 2012 left us with 38 Deceased Fire Fighters

 The year 2011 left us with 28 Deceased Fire Fighters

 
 

 

JANUARY 2023
 


 James Edward Hooper Sr.  Born October 16, 1954  1979 - 2008  Died January 5, 2023

DECEMBER 2022
 


 George Daniel Hoot  Born July 16, 1937  1967 - 1987  Died December 26, 2022

Daniel "Dale" Collins  Born November 11, 1948  1969 - 1986  Died December 25, 2022

Leonard Joseph "Lenny" Higgins Jr.  Born May 7, 1940  1966 - 2005  Died December 24, 2022

Glen Earl Barber Jr.  Born October 10, 1979  2008 - 2022  Died December 21, 2022

Al Cortez Young  Born September 28, 1938  1962 - 1992  Died December 18, 2022

Weldon Herman Umlang  Born February 4, 1937  1966 - 2000  Died December 12, 2022

Eddie Leo Meschwitz  Born June 3, 1929  1955 - 2005  Died December 12, 2022

 

NOVEMBER 2022
 


Edward Joe "Eddie" Cash  Born April 28, 1950  1971 - 2005  Died November 24, 2022

Fred Gillis Gallard  Born July 10, 1936  1978 - 2007  November 23, 2022

Jerry Don "JD" Ledford  Born March 28, 1953  1978 - 2007  November 12, 2022

Richard L Scott  Born  1972 - 1983  Died November 11, 2022

David Curtis Harrison  Born December 18, 1941  1961 - 1981  Died November 7, 2022

John Resendez III  Born May 1, 1953  1978 - 2009  Died November 7, 2022

Robert Van Gressett  Born July 3, 1954  1979 - 1992  Died November 4, 2022

Roland Clifford "RC" Furstenfeld  Born February 2, 1938  1961 - 1981  Died November 3, 2022

OCTOBER 2022
 


Daniel Olen Van  Born August 17, 1939  1961 - 1984  Died October 28, 2022

Thomas Ray Swindull  Born October 1, 1948  1971 - 1995  Died October 25, 2022

Gaspar Gomez  Born September 16, 1962  1993 - 2022  Died October 22, 2022

Charles Eugene "Gene" Keller  Born September 2, 1956  1979 - 2009  Died October 14, 2022

  Orlando Nigel Logan  Born February 18, 1971  2005 - 2022 Died October 13, 2022

Harry Lee Little Born  August 11, 1942  1963 - 1976  Died October 7, 2022

 Samuel Lee Price II  Born June 10, 1952  1975 - 1996  Died October 2, 2022

 

SEPTEMBER 2022
 


Howell Metz Pyron Jr.  Born September 9, 1942  1966 - 1981  Died Died September 20, 2022

Lindsey Gerald "Buck" Holt Born February 1, 1946  1971 - 2002  Died Died September 19, 2022

Aubrey Allen Jr.  Born November 8, 1946  1966 - 1988  Died September 14, 2022

Billy Ray Pollett  Born August 25, 1942  1966 - 1991  Died September 13, 2022

Kenneth Melvin Freeman Sr.  Born November 14, 1932  1956 - 1988  September 3, 2022

 

AUGUST 2022
 


 Cecil Hagen Callihan Jr.  Born August 2, 1948 1973 - 2003  Died August 29, 2022
Earnest Leon Punch  Born December 29, 1940  1969 - 2002  Died August 25, 2022

Larry David Jones  Born April 10, 1943  1972 - 1993  Died August 23, 2022

Gary Lloyd Mahanay  Born June 25, 2950  1969 -  2001  Died August 18, 2022

Henry Delmar Locke III  Born December 23, 1960  1986 - 2013  Died August 13, 2022

Robert Lee Bell  Born April 26, 1946  1966  - 1986  Died August 10, 2022

Wendell Ray Keilers  Born December 24, 1949  1968 - 2004  Died August 7, 2022

Royce Gest  Born March 4, 1933  1955 - 1986  Died August 5, 2022

Clarence Raford Fowler  Born December 17, 1946  1970 - 1986  Died August 5, 2022

Burl Delbert McMahan Jr.  Born July 16, 1953  1972 - 2005  Died August 2, 2022
 

 

JULY 2022
 


Larry Allen Dolch  Born January 14, 1943  1964 - 1994  Died July 25, 2022
 
Reginald Tarver  Born August 30, 1949  1974 - 2002  Died July 17, 2022

James Proctor "JP" Morgan  Born May 17, 1935  1962 - 1992  Died July 16, 2022

Kenneth Charles "KC" Watkins Sr.  Born July 21, 1944  1965 -  1989  Died July 15, 2022
 
Malcom Sherrod Willis  Born February 11, 1998  2021 - 2022  Died July 13, 2022
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Will be Added to Memorial Wall 2023


Walter Graves Jr.  Born March 9, 1968  2004 - 2022  Died July 6, 2022
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Will be Added to Memorial Wall 2023

JUNE 2022
 


Edward Raymond Chovanec  Born December 19, 1939  1961 - 2000  Died June 22, 2022

MAY 2022
 


Gregory Darnell Lewis  Born June 23, 1962  1984 - 2015  Died May 31, 2022

Roy Len Jennings  Born September 11, 1941  1963  - 1977   Died May 28, 2022

Charles Fannin DeMoss Jr.  Born November 21, 1932  1959 - 2002   Died May 25, 2022

 James Warren "Jim" Henderson Sr.  Born July 26, 1931  1951 - 1972  Died May 24, 2022

Ronnie Marion Brechter   Born January 31, 1948  1974 - 2003  Died May 24, 2022

APRIL 2022
 


John Wallace Burt Jr.  Born December 20, 1946  1966 - 1998  Died April 25, 2022

Rickki Ray Rogers  Born April 6, 1944  1970 - 1997  Died April 22, 2022

John Howard Cannon  Born July 4, 1946  1969 - 2000  Died April 20, 2022

William Thomas Arnold   Born June 30, 1955  1981 - 2008  Died April 14, 2022

Christopher Ridge  Born January 27, 1960  1980 - 2007  Died April 5, 2022

Harold Merdo "Buddy" Ross Jr.  Born February 22, 1949  1971 - 1998  Died April 1, 2022

MARCH 2022
 


William Ellis "Bill" Sammons  Born December 19, 1949  1969 - 2000  Died March 27, 2022

Daniel Francis Welsh  Born December 6, 1946  1968 - 1978  Died March 20, 2022

Dale Thomas Lawson  Born December 27, 1949  1972 - 2007  Died March 19, 2022

 Jimmie Wayne Brockett Born  July 30, 1950  1975 - 2008  Died March 18, 2022

Michael Dale Scott  Born  September 21, 1953  1982 - 2007  Died March 14, 2022

  Larry Lee Rooney  Born November 8, 1946  1966 - 2003  Died March 6, 2022

FEBRUARY 2022
 


Jimmie Boyett  Born September 6, 1931 1952 - 1983  Died February 26, 2022

Francis Xavier Savoie  Born June 22, 1931  1962 - 1990  Died February 9, 2022

Raymond Carrillo III  Born June 26, 1953  1975 - 2008  Died February 3, 2022

Travis Edward Adams Jr.  Born December 9, 1946  1975 - 2001  Died February 3, 2022

Donald Eugene Pullen  Born August 30, 1938  1962 - 1992  Died February 1, 2022

Waymon Thomas Adams  Born August 12, 1940  1967 - 1987  Died February 1, 2022


JANUARY 2022

 


Justin Scott Johnson  Born July 25, 1990  2015 - 2022  Died January 28, 2022

Frederick Bryan Irvin  Born November 7, 1941 1964 - 1987  Died January 28, 2022

Donald Gene McBee   Born January 17, 1935  1956 - 1979  Died January 26, 2022

 Richard Wade "Rick" Nelius  Born June 16, 1953  1971 - 2008  Died January 24, 2022  

Roy Gene Melnar Sr.  Born February 7, 1946  1968 - 1988  Died January 21, 2022

Lester Williams  Born October 28, 1942  1968 - 1991  Died January 20, 2022

Malcolm Bruce White  Born June 21, 1951  1972 - 1982  Died January 18, 2022

Larry Wayne Schulin  Born September 21, 1956  1980 - 2011  Died January 7, 2022

Michael Ray Simmons  Born July 6, 1947  1966 - 1988  Died January 3, 2022

Sidney Glenn Childress  Born January 29, 1936  1963 - 1974  Died January 3, 2022

DECEMBER 2021

 


Randy Dale Hanks  Born November 29, 1955  1979 - 2008  Died December 25, 2021

Virgil Wayne Turner  Born June 30, 1939  1961 - 1973  Died December 16, 2021

 
Jordan Dane Downing  Born April 6, 1983  2005 - 2021  Died December 2, 2021
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Will be Added to Memorial Wall 2023

NOVEMBER 2021

 


 Fred Ricky Schultz  Born July 10, 1953  1981 - 2004  Died November 29, 2021

Thomas R. Smith  Born-  1950 - 1970  Died November 18, 2021
Gary Dale Dees  Born October 7, 1950   1970 - 1988  Died November 8, 2021

Tony Tyrone Jones  Born July 10, 1965  1994 - 2021  Died November 4, 2021

Travis "A" Ezell  Born December 15, 1936  1960 - 1991  Died November 4, 2021

 

OCTOBER 2021

 


William Lee "Bill" Selph  Born May 19, 1941  1962 - 1988  Died October 23, 2021

Lloyd Wayne "Butch" Stone  Born August 18, 1947   1969 - 2000  Died October 23, 2021
 
William Meyers "Bill" Whatley  Born August 28, 1926  1958 - 1992  Died October 11, 2021

 

SEPTEMBER 2021

 


Michael Bryan Burkhalter  Born December 31, 1970  2004 - 2021  Died September 19, 2021

James Walter Manning  Born March 22, 1941  1965 - 1990  Died September 11, 2021

Franklin Wayne Grizzaffi  Born July 28, 1951  1974 - 2004  Died September 7, 2021

Elmer John Dearman Sr.  Born September 16, 1948  1972 - 1993  Died September 5, 2021

 
Tanner Graham Reed  Born October 28, 1981  2004 - 2021  Died September 3, 2021
 In The Line of Duty Death  77th lODD Since 1895
 Will be Added to the IAFF Colorado SpringsMemorial Wall 2023

Samuel Ray Eaves Jr.  Born August 12, 1961  1982 - 2017  Died September 2, 2021

AUGUST 2021

 


Clifford Daniel Malek  Born September 14, 1933  1955 - 1992  Died August 25, 2021

Tommy Floyd Smith  Born May 14, 1947  1966 - 1999  Died August 18, 2021

Jack Robert Henderson  Born January 25, 1947  1970 - 1990  Died August 17, 2021

William Alan "Bill" Pollard  Born July 27, 1956  1975 - 2013  Died August 17, 2021

Larry Boyd Harper  Born December 12, 1948  1972 - 2003  Died August 13, 2021

Robert Glen "Bobby" Kennedy  Born September 2, 1948  1966 - 1986  Died August 11, 2021

Joe Angelo Catino  Born October 11, 1927  1944 - 1979  Died August 4, 2021

JULY 2021

 


Bertice Talma Wallace  Born July 6, 1933  1959 - 1975  Died July 20, 2021

Raymond George Johnson Jr.  Born November 23, 1946  1966 - 1992  Died July 5, 2021

JUNE 2021

 


Jimmie Ray Sanders  Born March 17, 1944  1972 - 2003  Died June 29, 2021

Daniel Ellis Davidson  Born July 2, 1956   1979 - 2004  Died June 25, 2021 

Lonnie Ray Phillips  Born September 24, 1954  1974 - 1987  Died June 22, 2021

Domingo Gonzales  Born April 20, 1937  1963 - 1993  Died June 6, 2021

Bryan Lamar Mansell  Born September 8, 1934  1959 - 1982  Died June 4, 2021

MAY 2021


Charles William McFadden  Born July 7, 1947  1967 - 2002  Died May 25, 2021

APRIL 2021

 
 
 Gaston Moises Popovich  Born April 24, 1958  1980 - 2018  Died April 30, 2021
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Will be Added to Memorial Wall 2023

Robert Don Morris  December 5, 1941 1966 - 1977 Died April 29, 2021

James Robert Owens  Born March 11, 1941  1966 - 1987  Died April 16, 2021

Paul Michael "Frog" Richardson  Born February 8, 1950  1971 - 1991  Died April 4, 2021

 
William Ernst "Will" Gunderson  October 11, 1971  1992  - 2021  Died April 2, 2021
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Memorial Wall 2023

MARCH 2021

 


Houston Joseph Lafleur  Born September 13, 1954  1971 - 2009  Died March 28, 2021

Morris Edward Wood  Born June 5, 1932  1960 - 1992  Died March 29, 2021

Donald Clark Stamps  Born December 25, 1963  1993 - 2021  Died March 25, 2021

 Bland Pruitt Jr.  Born April 17, 1936  1954 - 1987  Died March 23, 2021

Lloyd Allen Irwin  Born October 12, 1937  1964 - 2002  Died March 15, 2021

Walter Cecil Luna  Born March 30, 1971  1995 - 2021  Died March 9, 2021

Woodrow Wesley Bell Jr.  Born July 30, 1942  1969 - 1985  Died March 4, 2021

FEBRUARY 2021

 

 Mitchell Glen Vetuski  Born August 8, 1947  1975 - 1999  Died February 22, 2021

Eugene Leonard  Born January 16, 1945  1965 - 2001  Died February 18, 2021

Roger Lynn Davis  Born August 14, 1959  1978 - 1993  Died February 16, 2021

Aaron Bernard  Born August 29, 1927  1959 - 1979  Died February 15, 2021

Anthony Patrick Dibello  Born September 7, 1947  1972 - 2002  Died February 14, 2021

Robert Lee "Bobby" Malek Sr.  Born February 2, 1937  1963 - 1990  Died February 11, 2021

Calvin Lovern Lee  Born October 5, 1944  1968 - 2002  Died February 11, 2021

Roger Lynn Davis  Born August 14, 1958  1978 - 1993  Died February 6, 2021

Paul Christopher Vern  Born February 5, 1956  1975 - 2002  Died February 2, 2021

JANUARY 2021

 

Fred  Gregor Conrad  Born December 25, 1946  1968 - 2005  Died January 29, 2021

James Howard Hobbs  Born January 14, 1953  1972 - 2000  Died January 28, 2021

Milton Chandler Buell Jr.  Born May 21, 1959  1981 - 2014  Died January 23, 2021

Larry Craig Willoughby  Born February 24, 1950  1969 - 1977  Died January 14, 2021


Danny Dean Watkins  Born June 8, 1953  1978 - 2012  Died January 12, 2021
 In The Line of Duty Death, COVID-19, San Benito, Texas Fire Department

Richard S. Tellez  Born September 13, 1950  1969 - 1994  Died January 7, 2021

Jason Keith Coronado  Born October 27, 1974  1998 - 2021  Died January 4, 2021
 

DECEMBER 2020

 

Arnel Brown  Born August 22, 1927  1956 - 1979  Died December 22, 2020

James Craig Eli  Born May 18, 1956  1986 - 2019  Died December 21, 2020

Antoine Emile "Tony" Yazbeck  Born August 6, 1950  1979 - 1999  Died December 15, 2020

Daniel Glenn Pitts  Born August 12, 1940  1968 - 1990  Died December 14, 2020

Jack Denman Davis  Born September 23, 1941  1966 - 2002  Died December 14, 2020

Darren Ray Grant  Born August 27, 1958  1983 - 2017  Died December 11, 2020

Jack Eldridge Wedgeworth  Born March 16, 1942  1966 - 2000  Died December 10, 2020

 

 

November 2020

 

Ray Allen Crawford  Born January 10, 1945  1970 - 1990  Died November 22, 2020

James Archie Cooksey Jr.  Born April 29, 1939  1961 - 2000  Died November 22, 2020
Chester Garvin Kimbrell  Born November 19, 1947  1966 - 1987  Died November 13, 2020
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Memorial Wall 2021


 Robert Alfred "Bob" Schlieter  Born November 15, 1955  1982 - 2017  Died November 13, 2020
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Memorial Wall 2023

 Jesse Salazar Sr.  Born August 4, 1930  1957 - 1979  Died November 5, 2020

Bob Ray Tabor  Born February 1, 1943  1972 - 2008  Died November 1, 2020  
 
 

October 2020

 

Michael Clark Hogue  Born January 3, 1970  1990 - 2020  Died October 30, 2020  

Morgan Stanley Williams  Born January 7, 1936  1951 - 1971  Died October 29, 2020

Caesar Joseph Doyle III  Born December 20, 1963  1990 - 2020  Died October 25, 2020

Matt Robert Raney  Born October 27, 1956  1975 - 2000  Died October 21, 2020

Jeroid Arnold Mays  Born April 19, 1954  1980 - 2008  Died October 19, 2020

Jack Gene Moffitt  Born July 8, 1929  1950 - 1977  Died October 17, 2020

  
Lemuel Delray "DJ" Bruce Jr.  Born August 23, 1976  2004 - 2020  Died October 16, 2020
 In The Line of Duty Death  76th lODD Since 1895  
  
Charles Harvey Hester  Born December 8, 1937  1959 - 1989  Died October 9, 2020

Harold Gene Cobb  Born May 17, 1944  1968 - 1988  Died October 8, 2020

Jackie Lavon Langley  Born September 7, 1938  1961 - 1981  Died October 2, 2020

Clayton Eugene "CE" "Buddy" Hazell  Born October 13, 1930  1952 - 1973  Died October 2, 2020
 

September 2020
 

Paul Charles White Jr.  Born January 28, 1948  1967 - 1988  Died September 28, 2020

Samuel Rayford Chumley  Born September 13, 1946  1968 - 2001 Died September 23, 2020

Steven Wayne Hill  Born June 24, 1953  1975 - 2007  Died September 20, 2020

Guy Travis Wells  Born May 9, 1959  1980 - 2005  Died September 15, 2020


Tommy Wayne Searcy  Born January 5, 1975  2002 - 2020  Died September 8, 2020
 In The Line of Duty Death  75th lODD Since 1895  
 

 

August 2020
 

  Melvin James Yanchak  Born March 2, 1942  1972 - 1992  Died August 16, 2020

   Fred Joe "Freddy" Mansell  Born November 26, 1936  1958 - 1983  Died August 11, 2020

Casey Beavers  Born September 25, 1962  1989 - 2015  Died August 7, 2020

Darrell Wayne Deckard  Born June 28, 1950  1980 - 2011  Died August 7, 2020

 Vincent Charles Ruff  Born June 18, 1952  1973 - 2011  Died August 7, 2020


Gerardo Isaias "Jerry" Pacheco  Born January 3, 1970  2004 - 2020  Died August 3, 2020
 In The Line of Duty Death  74th lODD Since 1895  
 

July 2020
 

 Joe Edward Muirhead  Born November 18, 1948  1969 - 2009  Died July 24, 2020

Richard Clair Silence  Born November 20, 1936  1962 - 2002  Died July 21, 2020

Charlie Rudolph Sontag Sr.  Born December 6, 1931  1950 - 1976  Died July 22, 2020


Leroy Pena Lucio  Born June 5, 1958  1990 - 2020  Died July 20, 2020
 In The Line of Duty Death  73rd lODD Since 1895  
George Albert Ross  Born October 27, 1946  1974 - 2002  Died July 17, 2020

Gary Thomas Dean  Born July 9, 1956  1977 - 2003  Died July 17, 2020

Charles Samuel Scarmardi  Born December 23, 1943  1973 - 2005  Died July 16, 2020

Larry Matlock  Born December 10, 1945  1971 - 1991  Died July 10, 2020

William Harold "Bill" Reaser  Born April 16, 1951  1980 - 1988  Died July 10, 2020
 

June 2020
 

Donny Ray Holcomb  Born July 20, 1951  1971 - 1994  Died June 30, 2020

William Larry "Bill" Benningfield  Born September 28, 1949  1974 - 2008  Died June 25, 2020

Tom Elwin Martin  Born September 8, 1931  1955 - 1987  Died June 23, 2020

Ronald  Ray Barrett  Born November 4, 1949  1969 - 1998  Died June 20, 2020

Elza Hulon Smith Jr.  Born November 4, 1939  1964 - 1975  Died June 16, 2020

William Waite "Big Bill" Hausinger Jr.  Born November 9, 1934  1955 - 1976  Died June 6, 2020
 

May 2020
 

 Joseph Earl Robinson III  Born February 23, 1982  2004 - 2020  Died May 22, 2020
Marcus Roy Lane  Born November 28, 1950  1975 - 2007  Died May 18, 2020
 

April 2020
 

 Maurice Raymond Dumas Jr.  Born November 28, 1941  1964 - 1986  Died April 29, 2020

Carl Newton Newman Born September 15, 1951  1974 - 2003  Died April 27, 2020

Paul Dewayne Kartz  Born September 30, 1943  1966 - 1993  Died April 14, 2020

William Frank Kratz  Born April 16, 1942  1966 - 1977  Died April 12, 2020

Jerry Wayne Taylor  Born July 7, 1941  1964 - 1985  Died April 11, 2020

Jerome Leroy Matthews  Born November 15, 1937  1959 - 1983  Died April 7, 2020
 

March 2020
 

 Samuel M. Lowdermilk  Born May 4, 1920  1951 - 1979  Died March 19, 2020
 

February 2020
 

Lon Theodore Palmer  Born December 20, 1941  1962 - 1985  Died February 22, 2020

 James Brian "Bubba" Soukup  Born March 26, 1959  1978 - 2016  Died February 27, 2020
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Memorial Wall 2021
Joe Gray Pierce  Born May 18, 1936  1959 - 1989  Died February 12, 2020
 

January 2020
 

Garry Gleen King  Born February 28, 1954  1979 - 2004  Died January 15, 2020

William Archie Byrd  Born April 15, 1949  1968 - 1989  Died January 13, 2020

Ronald Fleming  Born September 2, 1937 1959 - 1989  Died January 5, 2020

John Myers  Born October 19, 1934  1961 - 1981  Died January 4, 2020
 

December 2019
 

Duane Edward Hundl  Born March 26, 1949  1973 - 2005  Died December 31, 2019

Joseph Gonzales III  Born May 19, 1959  1980 - 2015  December 27, 2019

David William Sunday Sr.  Born January 30, 1952  1981 - 2006  Died December 23, 2019

Alfred Taylor Jr.  Born November 7, 1952  1979 - 1999  Died December 20, 2019

Herman Perez Gonzales  Born May 30, 1939  1963 - 2005  Died December 15, 2019

Ricky Lee Scott  Born June 14, 1957  1975 - 2000  Died December 15, 2019


Kevin Anthony Leago  Born August 14, 1979  2002 - 2019  Died December 12, 2019
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2020
Eddie Michael Burchfield  Born March 18, 1950  1969 - 2012  Died December 5, 2019
 

November 2019
 

Paul Stanley Mushinski  Born December 28, 1927  1958 - 1988  Died November 27, 2019

Eddie Leon Samuel  Born December 2, 1948  1975 - 2005  Died November 16, 2019

Waymon Edward Armstreet  Born December 22, 1936  1958 - 1996  Died November 7, 2019
 

October 2019
 

Kerry Morris Hooker  Born February 8, 1953  1979 - 2007  Died October 25, 2019 

Harold N. Wilson Jr.  Born June 29, 1925  1959 - 1987  Died October 19, 2019

 Salvatore "Sammy" Musachia  Born May 27, 1943  1968 - 2002  Died October 14, 2019


Scott Anthony Shaw  Born January 1, 1969  2004 - 2018  Died October 13, 2019
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021
Patrick Joseph Daly  Born October 20, 1928  1951 - 1971  Died October 6, 2019
 

September 2019
 

Barney Joe Brister  Born August 18, 1947  1971 - 1976  Died September 24, 2019

Benjamin F. "Bill" Cunningham  Born August 4, 1928  1950 - 1976  September 23, 2019


 Kenneth Dale Stavinoha  Born April 13, 1983  2018 - 2019  Died September 21, 2019
 In The Line Of Duty 72nd lODD Since 1895  
Jerry Stephen Buck  Born October 17, 1947  1971 - 1986  September 9, 2019

Edward "Eddie" Donald King Sr.  Born November 27, 1950  1978 - 2008  Died September 6, 2019

James Lee Tharp  Born September 18, 1946  1968 - 2002  Died September 5, 2019
 

August 2019
 


Anthony Morado Sr.  Born May 27, 1955  1974 - 2012  Died August 26, 2019
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021

 Ronald F. Thompson  Born-Unk  1975 - 2002  Died August 18, 2019 find a grave no

  
Kyle Thomas Rice  Born December 30, 1959  1986 - 2018  Died August 17, 2019
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021

Marvin Earl Britton  Born June 23, 1951  1979 - 2007  Died August 13, 2019
Joe Guadalupe Alaniz  Born September 4, 1955  1979 - 2003  August 6, 2003

Scott Joseph Kelly  Born October 8, 1973  2005 - 2019  Died  August 1, 2019
 
 

July 2019
 

Jason Michael "Buddy" Cox  Born September 5, 1981  2003 - 2015  Died July 27, 2019

Bruno "Pee Wee" Benard Czajkoski  Born June 8, 1925  1953 - 1987  Died July 26, 2019

Corbett "Mack" Masters  Born June 8, 1946  1969 - 1981  Died July 20, 2019
 

June 2019
 

Jerry Lane "Captain Mac" McDaniel Sr.  Born September 23, 1945  1965 - 2002  Died June 13, 2019
James Duke Hall  Born November 25, 1930  1952 - 1982  Died June 7, 2019

Terry William Reiszner  Born May 25, 1956  1976 - 2011  Died June 6, 2019

Jim Robert Legington  Born November 5, 1949  1974 - 2002  Died June 4, 2019
   

May 2019
 

Paul Judson LeDoux  Born April 1, 1954  1979 - 2012  Died May 30, 2019
Steven Lee Thomas  Born May 26, 1950  1980 - 2005  Died May 9, 2019

Refugio Sorola  Born August 31, 1946  1969 - 1993  Died May 7, 2019

William Roger Campbell  Born Oct 18, 1947  1969 - 2003  Died May 3, 2019
  

April 2019

 

Michael Edward Briscoe Sr.  Born September 15, 1953  1975 - 2005  Died April 29, 2019

 Daniel Earl Estes  Born May 25, 1950  1973 - 2001  Died April 29, 2019

 James Eugene Goetzman  Born June 13, 1952  1971 - 2004  Died April 21, 2019

Robert Lee Robinson  Born August 28, 1934  1963 - 1989  Died April 6, 2019

James Louis Deweese  Born October 14, 1935  1961 - 1995  Died April 8, 2020
 

March 2019

 

Willard Eugene Prior  Born November 24, 1924  1951 - 1978  Died March 13, 2019

Laddie Anton Hornack  Born August 10, 1936  1959 - 1985  Died  March 7, 2019
 

February 2019

 

Ronald Ray Bundick  Born January 13, 1937  1961 - 1989  Died February 28, 2019

 Joseph Henry Perino  Born April 1, 1931  1955 - 1978  Died February 17, 2019

Lonnie Ebardo Cortez  Born September 28, 1924  1952 - 1992  Died February 15, 2019

Richard Wesley Shaw  Born June 17, 1950  1970 - 1991  Died February 15, 2019

James Thurman "JT" Atkinson  Born October 25, 1935  1963 - 1975  Died February 14, 2019

 
 Haran Ben Isreal  Born August 9, 1977  2000 - 2019  Died February 13, 2019
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021

 Noris Clinton Butts  Born December 17, 1927  1950 - 1975  Died February 12, 2019
 

January 2019

 

Bobby Charles Davalos  Born January 8, 1958  1983 - 2019  Died January 22, 2019

Robert Allen "Bobby" Matthews  Born December 6, 1952  1973 - 1997  Died January 18, 2019

David Wayne Smith  Born August 31, 1949  1974 - 2011  Died January 14, 2019

Sterling Jones  Born December 16, 1934  1963 - 1993  January 7, 2019
 

December2018

 

Allen Lewis Farris  Born August 28, 1952  1971 - 2002  December 22, 2018
Joe Frank Leggio II  Born July 9, 1954  1973 - 2014   Died December 21, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021

 David William Dean Sr.  Born June 20, 1948  1968 - 2005  Died December 21, 2018

Joel Sterling Stephens  Born November 23, 1959  1980 - 2014  Died December 21, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021

 
Timothy Brian Cunningham  Born September 16, 1957  1980 - 2014  Died December 17, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021
 

 

November 2018

 

 
Camillo Anthony Russo Born October 28, 1952  1972  -  2002  Died November 16, 2018
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2021
 
Johnny Lee Scott  Born September 4, 1930  1958 - 1988  Died November 11, 2018

 Bobby Darrell Jeffreys  Born November 15, 1936  1963 - 1993  November 6, 2018

Tommy Ray Woodard  Born December 15, 1957  1978 - 2008  Died November 4, 2018
 


October 2018

 

 Jerry D. Hunter  Born November 14, 1943  1966 - 1993  Died October 29, 2018

James Dan Barnes Born February 8, 1944  1968 - 1993  Died October 29, 2018

Barry T Hall  Born October 3, 1947  1968 - 2011  Died  October 29, 2018

Malcom L. Weaver  Born October 29, 1931  1950 - 1979  Died October 13, 2018

Donald Ray Whiteley  Born February 20, 1939  1963 - 1983  Died October 12, 2018
 


September 2018

 

Stephen Wayne Hutchens  Born September 6, 1955  1980 - 2011  Died September 30, 2018

Marshall Howard Blalock  Born November 17, 1930  1957 - 1982  Died September 21, 2018

Edward Eugene Miller  Born October 5, 1933  1955 - 1965  Died September 18, 2018

Paul Niels Benard  Born November 10, 1953  1980 - 2001  Died September 5, 2018
 

 

August 2018

 

 Zeke "Smokey" Charles Zimmerman  Born December 4, 1934  1968 -  2003  Died August 22, 2018

David Burns Little Born May 24, 1946  1965 - 1987  Died August 20, 2018

John Everette Stephens  Born July 10, 1937  1967 - 1979  Died August 20, 2018

Thomas "Tommy" Henry Shellenberger Sr.  Born November 9, 1957  1979 - 2013  Died August 20, 2018

Earl Wayne McWilliams  Born October 19, 1919  1943 - 1978  Died August 4, 2018
 

 

July 2018

 

 Thomas Lester Bonds  Born August 25, 1941  1964 - 1986  Died  July 30, 2018

Roger Dean Lieder  Born June 14, 1956  1975 - 1996  Died July 25, 2018

Victor Earl Morton  Born June 15, 1937  1963 - 1988  Died July 23, 2018

Sammy Earl Neal  Born April 2, 1942  1964 - 2000  Died July 11, 2018

 Amar Pierre Thibodeaux  Born September 13, 1946  1968  1968 - 2018  Died  July 10, 2018

Carl Bonnar Young  Born January 25, 1937  1966 - 2002  July 8, 2018

Robert Earl Hoot  Born October 23, 1940  1968 - 1991  Died July 4, 2018
 

 

June 2018

 

 Lawrence "Larry" Richard Fox  Born October 26, 1942  1964 - 1983  Died June 22, 2018

Walter Taylor Brooks  Born May 27, 1923 1955 - 1983  Died June 17, 2018

Sibley "Danny" Alexander Cochran  Born August 15, 1952  1973 - 1987  Died June 13, 2018

John Lewin Gunthrie  Born May 3, 1930  1952 - 1987  Died June 10, 2018
 

 

May 2018

 
  Phillip Jeffery Wedgeworth  Born May 22, 1958  1978 - 2003  Died May 10, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2020
Ronald Anthony Grimstead  Born August 29, 1957  1980 - 2010  Died May 5, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2020
 

  
Timothy "Tim" Wyndall Ham  Born August 14, 1953  1975 - 2004  Died May 2, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2019
 
 

 

April 2018

 

 James Joseph McGarry  Born June 19, 1965  1989  -  2018  Died April 16, 2018

Roper Calendar Hall Jr.  Born October 5, 1934  1961 -  1981  Died April 15, 2018

James Robert Crawford  Born December 27, 1944  1969 - 2005  Died April 8, 2018
 

March 2018

 

 Darrell Ray "Mad Dog" Shely  Born July 5, 1948  1970 - 2003  Died March 23, 2018

Jackie Dean Matthews  Born August 3, 1940  1962 - 1987  Died March 9, 2018

William Max "Bill" White  Born December 26, 1928  1959 - 1979  Died March 3, 2018
 

February 2018
 

 Edward Jackson Jr.  Born June 10, 1932  1959 - 1987  Died February 20, 2018 (National Cemetery)

   John David Old  Born June 22, 1933  1962 - 1995  Died February 19, 2018

Terry Neal Crawford  Born October 24, 1949  1972 - 2004  Died February 2, 2018
 

January 2018

 

   Lanny E Conway  Born May 20, 1950  1969 - 2003  Died January 19, 2018


Jeffrey Lynn Johnson  Born August 1, 1949  1972 - 1992  Died January 19, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2020
 
 Victor Tijerina  Born March 18, 1951  1974  -  2001  Died January 15, 2018

 Harold Allen McBee  Born May 17, 1927  1953 -  1977  Died January 16, 2018

Jimmy D Jones  Born July 4, 1942  1968 - 1998  Died January 14, 2018

Charles Francis Jeunesse Born August 24, 1927  1957 - 1978  January 14, 2018

Thomas Earl Gainous  Born August 6, 1953  1978 - 2003  Died  January 11, 2018

Charlie Eddie Walker Born August 23, 1945  1967 -  1999  Died  January January 3, 2018
 

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December 2017
 

  David Lawrence Bonds  Born  March 3, 1947  1968 - 2003  Died  December 30, 2018

 Lee Vell Island Born February 1, 1946  1974 - 1996  Died  December 20, 2018

Gerald Julian  Born May 6, 1947  1969 - 1995  Died December 18, 2018

 Richard Randall Reily  Born June 7, 1954  1975 - 2006   Died  December 8, 2018

Steven Henry Whitton  Born  August 19, 1955  1974 - 1981  Died  December 4, 2018
 

November 2017
 

 Robert Leo Pilkenton  Born April 30, 1945  1969 - 2009  Died November 25, 2017

 Eric Allen Zapalac  Born June 16, 1978  2001 - 2017  Died November 20, 2017

Harry Francis Lively  Born October 8 1939  1962 - 1990  Died November 14, 2017

Jarrell E Beard  Born September 15, 1949  1969 - 2002 Died November 7, 2017

Kenny Michael Ball  Born June 1, 1954  1979 - 2010  Died November 3, 2017
  

October 2017
Jakob Lawson  Born June 19, 1972  2001 - 2017  Died October 31, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2018

Alfred J. Patrick  Born August 15, 1952  1978 - 1990  Died October 21, 2017

Lonnie Bernard Alexander Sr.  Born November 6, 1941  1965 - 1998  Died October 19, 2017

Jimmie Lee Braggs Jr. Born Jun 1, 1956  1979 - 2010  Died October 8, 2017
  

September 2017
 

Travis Daryl Lee  Born May 7, 1948  1969 - 2003  Died September 24, 2017 

Manuel Ray Bijarro  Born January 15, 1968  1993 - 2011  Died September 22, 2017
 Brian Sumrall  Born July 31, 1978  2003 - 2017  Died Spetember 17, 2017

Sidney Rockney Bruce  Born June 10, 1943  1971 - 2002  Died September 17, 2017

Luke Murice Gibson Born November 10, 1957  1978 - 1997  Died September 16, 2017

Reginald Wayne Flye  Born August 26, 1955  1979 - 2009  Died September 9, 2017

Ronald Gene Brown Sr. Born January 8, 1949  1969 - 2004  Died September 8, 2017
 

August 2017
 

Donald Ray Clark  Born May 24, 1938  1962 - 2001 Died August 11, 2017

John Paul Thompson  Born February 24, 1938  1960 - 1985  Died August 5, 2017
 

July 2017
 

Dennis Dale Mitchell Born January 25, 1959  1979 - 2917  Died July 31, 2017

Nathaniel Blackmon  Born October 10, 1920   1940 - 1977  Died July 29, 2017

Billy Stanley Chaffin  Born December 26, 1953  1974 - 2002   Died July 16, 2017

James Morris Snell  Born November 12, 1942  1966  -  1985  Died July 9, 2017

Jackie Cyrus Haneline  Born January 23, 1943  1968 - 1989  Died July 9, 2017
Leslie Carroll Adkins  Born January 22, 1944   1972 - 2000  Died July 2, 2017
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2018
 

June 2017
 

 Vernon Clinton Walker  Born November 27, 1928  1950 - 1970  Died June 25, 2017  

John Newton Jones  Born May 16, 1942  1972 - 1983 Died June 17, 2017 

Efrain Davis  Born December 8, 1956  1979 - 2012  Died June 4, 2017
 

May 2017
 

 John Arnold Burton Born August 9, 1945  1967 - 2009  Died May 31, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2018

Stanley Lindrose  Born August 20, 1927  1954 - 1974  Died May 29, 2017

Nathan Joe Cobb  Born August 8, 1948  1967 - 2005  Died May 12, 2017
Ronald Ed Ferguson  Born May 28, 1937  1950  - 1977  Died May 8, 2017
 

April 2017
 

Robert Stanley Zwissler  August 30, 1924  1957 - 1977  Died April 30, 2017

Michael Timothy Cook  Born December 21, 1949  1972 - 2003 Died April 21, 2017

 Jeffery Scott Polk Sr. Born October 3, 1977  2003 2011 Died April 19, 2017

Samuel  "Sam" Everett McCann  Born January 30. 1936  1962 - 2002  Died April  18, 2017

Franklin "Frank" Daniel Maresh  Born February 9, 1959  1982 - 2017  Died April 8, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2020

John Rudolph Conn  Born May 26, 1930  1957 - 1980  Died April 2, 2017
 

March 2017
 

 Lonnie Frank Hamrick  Born March 31, 1944  1965 - 1993  Died March 26, 2017
Harold Ray Hendricks  Born June 7, 1931  1955 - 1986  Died March 21, 2017
 AFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2018

Doyle Victor Ebel  Born March 17, 1924  1948 - 1988  Died March 18, 2017

Dennis Wayne Key Sr.  Born July 30, 1950  1970 - 1990 Died March 17, 2017

Michael Ray Stockberger  Born November 2, 1957  1983 - 2007  Died March 17, 2017

 Tony Albert Gonzales  Born November 9, 1940  1972 - 1998  Died March 9, 2017

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 William Ross "Iron Bill" Dowling  Born March  14, 1973  2000 - 2013  Died March 7, 2017
 In The Line Of Duty Death  71ST lODD Since 1895 
 

February 2017
 

Edmond Bertice Reeves  Born September 7, 1938  1963 - 1995  Died February 28, 2017


Forrest Adkins "Chip" Bailey Jr.  Born July 27, 1958  1981 - 2003  Died February 22, 2017  FG/Obit
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2019
Jackson "Jack" Hoy Coberly  Born July 13, 1921  1953 - 1972   Died February 7, 2017

January 2017
 

Jason Douglas Hamilton  Born January 17, 1974  2004 -  2017  January 27, 2017

Arnold Gwen Wooten  Born  December 5, 1936  1951 - 1972  Died January 23, 2017
Noe Santana Born December 12, 1943  1970 - 1975  Died January 17, 2017
Charlie Andrew Knott  Born February 19, 1939  1963 - 2006  Died January 16, 2017
Paul Dean Reich   Born August 21, 1926  Born  1950 - 1982  Died January 15, 2017


Larry Gene Webb  Born February 1, 1955  1980 - 2016  Died January 12, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2023

Richard Kerr Thompson  Born February 2, 1939   1962 - 1979  Died January 10, 2017
Charles Leahlon Jacobs Jr.  Born July 28, 1947  1969 - 2006  Died January 5, 2017

Margaret Merle Roberts  Born March 21, 1970  1995 -  2015  Died January 4, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death Added to Memorial Wall 2018

Harold  "Luddie" Alexander Sr. Born May 26, 1940  1963 - 1988  Died January 4, 2017   FG/OBIT
 
 

 

 

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