Section Three
Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Deaths.
The International Association Fallen Fire
Fighter Memorial Wall Colorado Springs, Colorado
Submitted to the IAFF by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association
Local 341
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Total of 155 Firefighters Cassified as an IAFF Presumptive
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September 18, 1990
Chief Inspector Francis Charles
Loos
HFD
1942-1984
Cancer: Colon
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

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July 20, 2020
Captain Leroy Pena Lucio
HFD
1990-2020
Cause of Death: COVID-19
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
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April
8, 2017
Captain Franklin Daniel
"Frank"
Maresh
HFD
1982-2017
Cancer: Leukemia
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020

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June 24, 2008
Firefighter Michael Allen "Mike"
Mays
HFD
2002-2008
Cancer: Renal Cell Carcinoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010

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August 10, 2012
Chauffeur Joe Lynn McAdams
HFD
1961-1983
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
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August 31, 1995
Robert William
"Bubba"
McCarty
HFD
1956-1995
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
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December 14, 2008
Senior Captain Clifford Lester
"Captain"
McClaugherty
HFD
1953-1979
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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March 22, 2016
Captain Jackie Ray McDonald
HFD1968-2000
Cancer: Throat
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

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August 5, 1995
District Chief William
"Brian" McLeroy Jr.
HFD
1955-1995
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

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January 15, 1983
Captain Joe Merritt McMahon
HFD
1950-1983
Cause of Death:
Heart-Aneurysm
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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October 10, 2007
Firefighter Jose Slavador
"Joe" Mendoza
HFD
1980-2007
Cancer:
Liver
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010
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April
10, 2006
Senior Captain James Gordon Miller
Jr.
HFD
1968-2003
Cancer: Brain
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

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March
10, 1994
Batalion Chief Robert Lee "Deacon"
Mize
HFD
1928-1944
Cause
of Death: Cardiac Arrest
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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August 26, 2019
Senior Captain Anthony Morado Sr.
HFD
1974-2012
Cancer:
Bladder
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021

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May
8, 2013
Firefighter John Wade Morris
HFD
1968-1978
Cancer:
Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

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June
15, 2006
Captain Charles Vincent
"Charlie"
Musachia
HFD
1941-1973
Cancer:
Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018
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July 11, 2010
Chauffeur Dewayne William Norris
HFD
1986-2010
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2012

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August 3, 2020
Firefighter Gerardo Isaias "Jerry"
Pacheco
HFD
2004-2020
Cause
of Death: COVID-19
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2022

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September 22, 2014
Captain Thomas Doyle "Tommy"
Pierce Jr.
HFD
1974-1995
Cancer: Prostate
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August 4, 1985
Senior Captain Charles Edward "Charlie"
Pollett
HFD
1962-1985
Cancer: Esophageal
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021

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April 20, 2021
Engineer/Operator Gaston Moises
Popovich
HFD
1980-2018
Cancer:
Plasma Cell Neoplasms
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023

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July
5, 2005
Firefighter Jerry Michael
"Mike"
Powers
HFD
1986-2005
Cancer:
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

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December 28, 1994
Chauffeur Charles Elwood
"Charles" Radcliffe
HFD
1954 -1981
Cancer:
Lymphomatosis
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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July
10, 1991
Chauffeur Richard Scott Railsback
HFD 1942-1974
Cancer:
Lymphoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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April
16, 2009
District Chief Kyle Quincy Raney
HFD
1973-2008
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010

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May 16, 2003
Chauffeur Rocco Richard Rao Sr.
HFD1971-2001
Cancer:
Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018
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September
3, 2021
Engineer/Operator Tanner Graham Reed
HFD
2004-2021
Cause of Death: COVID-19
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2022
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August
17, 2019
Engineer/Operator Kyle Thomas Rice
HFD 1986-2018
Cancer:
Stage IV Pancreatuc Adeb Carcubina
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March
19, 2013
Captain
Felix Allen
"Sonny"
Richard
HFD
1954-1998
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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February
3, 2014
Firefighter Alton Raymond Ritchie
HFD
1968-1993
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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January 4,
2017
Firefighter Marquart Merle Roberts
HFD1995-2015
Cancer:
Multiple Myeloma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

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September
17, 1998
Captain Willie Daniel Rodgers
HFD
1978-1998
Cancer:
Liver
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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December 29, 1993
Inspector Benjamin Richard Russo
HFD
1951-1973
Cancer: Brain
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

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November
16, 2018
Arson Investigator Camillo "Anthony"
Russo
HFD 1972-2002
Cancer:
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020

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March
14, 2011
Firefighter Travis Lynn
Sattiewhite Sr.
HFD 1977-2002
Cancer: Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2012

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November
13, 2020
District
Chief Robert Alfred
"Bob"
Schlieter
HFD1982-2017
Cancer: Metastatic Colon
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023

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November
12, 2011
Firefighter Keith Joe Schoenberg
HFD 1982-2017
Cancer:
Prostrate
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen
Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

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August 17, 2013
Chauffeur John Washington Scott
HFD 1952-1972
Cancer:
Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

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December 17, 2025
Chauffeur Stephen Doyle
"Steve"
Scott
HFD 1997-2025
Cause of Death: Heart Aneurysm
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2026

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March 10, 2012
Firefighter Daniel Joseph Search
HFD 2011-2011
Cause of Death Cardiac Arrest
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Fighter Memorial Wall 2012

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September 8, 2020
Captain Tommy Wayne Searcy
HFD
2002-2020
Cause of Death:
COVID-19
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter
Memorial Wall-2022