To ALL: This is part 2 of a 3 part notification, again to a series of facebook sites to reach as many folks as possible. Listed are the names of those fellow firefighters who served in either DoD military or civilian capacities during their lives. The list is as only comprehensive as reported. In assessing the list I was disappointed that we as a community have failed to honor our history and those that served before us. Of the 240+/- names 72 were line of duty deaths and are formally honored with their names on the wall at the National Fire Academy and or at Goodfellow. Currently there are only 9** (let me repeat only 9) paving stones honoring individuals zwe have lost over the past few years. This is somewhat disheartening. Thus - we have lost nearly 150 comrades and their past goes unrecognized. Chronological Final Alarm of US Air Force Firefighters As of: 25 January 2015 ** Yellow Highlighted Names have Memorial Paving Stones at Goodfellow Bolded Names are on the Wall as Line of Duty Deaths (LODD) at Emittsburg 2015 Assistant Chief Fire Prevention Charles L. Fox (USAF-Ret)(Civ-Ret) - Tyndall 2014 Firefighter Donald D. Sirois, (Civ -Ret) Loring AFB Casey Siewierski, Jr. (Civ-Ret) Homestead AFB Assistant Chief Wilbert Arthur “Muss” Musselman (USAF-Ret) Platsburg AFB (1971) Chief Joseph Earl Canoles (Civ-Ret) Pease AFB Firefighter Norman Dale Burgher (USAF – Ret)(Civ – Ret) – Loring AFB Crew Chief Donald (DK) Evans (MSgt – Ret)(Civ – Ret) - Dover AFB Deputy Chief (SMSgt – Ret) Ed Ruffin Chief Gerald Jewell (Civ – Ret) – Altus OK Jeffrey L. Davis (CMSgt – USAF – Ret) – AFR Command Chief LeRoy Roy Humphries (80 yrs old)(AF – Ret/GS – Ret) – Nellis NV Chief Richard A. Heft (ANG – Ret) – Truax Field, Madison WI Assistant Deputy Chief (MSgt – Ret) Phil Panter – served at Elmendorf - Chief, Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Dept. Firefighter – Sgt Kenny Wayne Pinaire Jr - Grissom Firefighter - SrA Alberto Soto – Dover Firefighter Delmon Ernest Blankenship (Civ – Ret) - McCord Firefighter Troy Yopp (AF – Ret) (Civ – Ret) - Blytheville Driver Operator (GS-6 Ret) Mark Wright - Frederick Muni Airport, Frederick OK. (Former AF SSgt) Alfred Mines - McConnell Chief Fire Inspector James T. Archer (TSgt – Ret/Civ - Ret) – Offutt **Chief (SMSgt – Ret) James D. Carroll – George Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Leroy Osborne – Offutt Assistant Chief Vance Trapp – Pease NH and Bangor Maine Crew Chief/TSgt William (Willy) Wilson ANG, Truax Field Madison WI LODD: Fire Chief (US Navy) John McDonald - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)-Naval District Washington (NDW) -- On the Wall as a LODD 2013 LODD: Ass’t Chief Edward C Vanner Jr—Quonset ANG Base R.I., Medical Emer on Duty-Passed at Hospital-- On the Wall as a LODD Chief Victor Robinson – USAF/PREMF BGen (Ret) John Hardy – USAFE CE (AMC CE) Chief (SMSgt – Ret) John Stokes – Tyndall Deputy Chief (MSgt – Ret) Gerald Garrett – Dyess Deputy Chief (MSgt – Ret) Dennis Haglund - Patrick Deputy Chief (MSgt – Ret) Patrick Jolicoeur - Norton **Instructor - TSgt Brad E. Brown – Goodfellow Off Duty Accident Asst Chief Operations Jerry Chalker (Civ-Ret) – Tyndall Asst Chief Operations Ray West – Charleston 2012 Raymond G. Hubbard (MSgt – Ret) – Dover Chief Dan Coban – Eielson - WWII Veteran Firefighter SRA Geoffrey L. Cullen – Columbus Firefighter Rex Roberts – Robins Chief Joseph A. Cherniga (SMSgt -Ret) – Eglin Chief Larry J. Lowman (CMSgt – Ret) – Offutt Chief (USAF – Ret) Joseph Marvin Jarrell – Selfrridge – WWII Veteran Assistant Chief Kenneth P. Fitch – Griffiss/Avon Park LODD: MSgt Kevin L. Johnson (MS, Combat Readiness Center, Gulfport, MS) 6 Apr 12-- On the Wall as a LODD Aircrew Crash: 4 July 2012 White Draw Fire (Edgemont, SD - Aircraft-MAFFS-7-Home Base 145th ANG Charlotte NC) LODD: LtCol Paul Mikeal—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Maj Joseph McCormick—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Maj David Ryan—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: SMSgt Robert Cannon—On the Wall as a LODD 2011 Firefighter William L. Billingheimer – Patrick Chief Larry A. Libby – Loring AFB, ME--Pope/Naval Support Activity Winter Harbor Assistant Chief Larry Mullins (TSgt - Ret) Offutt Firefighter Benjamin Davine - Kuwait Chief (SMSgt –Ret) James P. Habovick, Sr. Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Hugh B. Akers - Tyndall Norman A. Dion – Offutt Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Charlie Huff – Grissom Bill Kerns – Eglin Brent T. Nelson (SMSgt – Ret) – Tinker Lowell A. Young (CMSgt – Ret) – Osan/Saudi Arabia Bob Malin (Maj – USAF Ret) – Hq SAC/MAC – Offutt/Scott Inspector Donald D. Powell (MSgt – Ret) – Bergstrom Chief Charles Caithaml (CMSgt - Ret) – March Chief Jim Deal – Hq ADC Assistant Chief Herbert T. Hartman (MSgt – Ret) – Eielson Firefighter Matthew Garrity – Dobbins **Chief Rick Grammer – Hq MAC - Scott LODD: A1C Derek Kozorosky – Kadena - Vehicle Accident: 11 February 2011—On the Wall as a LODD 2010 Thomas S. Mulholland (MSgt – Ret) – Tyndall TSgt Timothy R. Hogan – Keesler Assistant Chief Donald A. Brown - McGuire Chief Paul D. Sutphin (CMSgt – Ret) – Torrejon/Tyndall Assistant Chief John Hamre (CMSgt – ANG Ret) - Tyndall Assistant Chief David W. Morris - Dover Chief Billy J. Norman (CMSgt – Ret) Chief William S. Rabon, Sr. – Shaw TSgt Michael Wayne Gambill – Colorado Springs Chief James U. File (SMSgt – Ret) – F.E. Warren Chief James Robert Vonderhaar, Sr. – Keesler Senior Airman Matthew Johnston – Travis Chief Philip E. Boyer III - Westover Assistant Chief Kenneth Harold Fort – McGuire Chief (USAF – Ret) Ernest Rivers – Yokota Chief Joseph P. Odea 2009 Chief Ed Samms – Hq Alaskan Air Command Firefighter Robert Munson – Altus Firefighter John E. Gerard – Nevada Test Site (Mercury) Fire Chief (SMSgt – Ret) Ralph Dewey Shelton, Jr. – Barksdale Assistant Chief Delton Frazier – Dobbins Assistant Chief (USAF – Ret) Joe Taylor – Luke Chief Jim J. Hannon Assistant Chief James Wrisner – Arnold Assistant Chief Jeffrey Snaze – Niagara Falls Fire Chief Ed Kear – McConnell Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Rodney H. Winningham – Tyndall Staff Stephen R. Durand (MSgt - Ret) –Peterson Chief (CMSgt - Ret )Ralph D. McHenry – Whiteman LODD: Fire Captain Marty Harold Sparks – Wright Patterson—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Torben O. Anderson - Thule—On the Wall as a LODD 2008 Chief (CMSgt - Ret) Daryl G. Holbrook – Ft Bragg Chief Mike Devaughn – Eielson Fire Inspector Ernest A. Snyder - Keesler AFB MS Wiley J. McLeod (MSgt – Ret) – Duke Field Chief (SMSgt – Ret) Gary Studer – Ohio ANG Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Clinton Carr – Holloman Assistant Chief James P. Hannon, Sr. – Atlantic City NJ ANG Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Willie A. Bell – Edwards Chief (CWO – Ret) Bobby Barrow – Eglin Chief Jerry O’Neil – McChord Deputy Chief (USAF – Ret) Larry Hopkins – Seymour Johnson Instructor Herbert “Lefty” Lefkowitz – Chanute Chief Alfred S. Nowell - Holloman Chief Jerome T. o’Neil – McChord Assistant Chief John E. Smith – Luke Chief Clarence J. Martell 2007 Chief Donald Arnold Chief (SMSgt – Ret) Robert L. Smith – Norton **Chief Hamp Cayson (SMSgt – Ret) – Scott – Hq MAC Staff Chief Richard J. Mrowinski (SMSgt – Ret) Deputy Chief Mark Reeves – McConnell Chief Phillip B. Breyer - Duluth Firefighter (SSgt - AFRES) Ricardo Villalobos – March **Chief Randy Frederic Schryer - Davis Monthan Assistant Chief Donald Arnold – Ellsworth Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Walter J. McNeil – Naval Station Panama City **Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Hugh A. Pike – Tyndall – AFCESA Staff Assistant Chief Gerome Shanklin – Selfridge ANG Assistant Chief Ben S. McNeil – Avon Park 2006 Fire Captain Glen M. Tracy (CPO - USN – Ret) - Eglin James Williams (USAF – Ret) – Whiteman Chief William Wilson (CMSgt – Ret) - Eglin Chief Brian Stoneback (CMSgt - USAFR –Ret) – Tyndall AFCESA Staff Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Donnie Holloman - Andrews Firefighter TSgt Jacob E. Lessen – Bergstrom Chief Dean Greb - Buckley **TSgt Ernest Rockamore – Hurlburt Field **Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Charles W. Risinger - Eglin/Tyndall R&D Lab Chief Hugh E. Marty Martin (SMSgt - Ret) - Eglin Chief Charles E. Tanner (SMSgt – Ret) – Sheppard **Lead Firefighter Robert C. Yow - Eglin Chief Ronald Diener - Vance 2005 Chief Robert Vreeland – 15th Air Force Chief (USAF – Ret) Robert A. McAllister - Columbus Chief Charles Chedd – Alaskan Air Command Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Don Smith – Carswell Chief (CMSgt-Ret) Keith Moser – USAFE Staff LODD: SSgt Ray Rangel – Balad, Iraq (Dyess) 2004 Chief Fred Elkins – Myrtle Beach Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Robert H. Gamelgardt Assistant Chief (MSgt – Ret) Dale Otto - Norton 2003 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Guy Wills - Eglin Chief Ray Guise (CMSgt – Ret) LODD: Larry A. Brown – Kingley Field 2002 Chief J. K. Schmidt - Eglin Chief Paul Odell - Hq TAC – Langley Chief Richard F. Reilly Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Walter Evans 2000 Chief George Telford – AF Systems Command 1999 Chief (CMSgt –Ret) Earl Walsh – Moody LODD: TSgt Thomas R. O’Flahrity – Prince Sultan, SA-- On the Wall as a LODD 1998 Chief (SMSgt – Ret) Frank Cox – Hickam LODD: SrA Donald A. Trotochaud – Laughlin – Fire Vehicle Accident--On the Wall as a LODD 1996 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Norman Doug Knowles – Hq AFCESA – Tyndall Staff 1995 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Hank Meadow Chief Fred Hill (MSgt- Ret) (Civ Svs- Ret)-Andrews LODD: POL Tank Incident/Fire – Sheppard - 11 July 1995 LODD: Richard Hogan-- On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C Christopher Rezac-- On the Wall as a LODD 1994 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Fred Moore 1992 CWO Louis F. Garland – Chanute 1991 Chief Golden “Goldie” Simmons - Hq ADC Colorado Springs Chief Paul Durham – Langley - HQ TAC 1990 Chief Anthony Zielinski LODD: A1C James E. White – Carslwell - Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1988 Chief Roscoe Lewis Bell – Hq USAF – Pentagon LODD: Amn Steven Huitt – F.E. Warren – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1987 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Ralph Sanborn – Hq SAC Chief Jasper W. Patterson - Hq CTAF (Crew Training Air Force) 1986 LODD: TSgt William C. Hartsell – Tonapah, NV – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1983 LODD: Louis T. Osteen – Laughlin – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1982 LODD: A1C Monex Thomas – Blythville – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1981 Chief (CMSgt – Ret) Walt Howland LODD: A1C Ronald McNeely – Davis Monthan – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Chief Charles R. Kuhns – F. E. Warren – On Duty—On the Wall as a LODD 1980 LODD: Dean Chapman – Dyess – Vehicle Re-servicing—On the Wall as a LODD 1979 Chief Thurston Madlock - Langley Fire Chief LODD: MSgt James Woods – Williams – On Duty—On the Wall as a LODD 1978 Chief Ross Stephens – Fire Prevention Engineer – Air Defense Command 1977 Wildland emergency incident – Vandenberg – 20 December 1977 LODD: Chief Billy J. Bell—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Eugene C. Cooper —On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Ward Summitt – Altus – On Duty—On the Wall as a LODD 1976 LODD: Kenneth D. Double – F. E. Warren – Training Accident—On the Wall as a LODD 1974 LODD: SSgt Wilber Unruth – Buckley Field – POL Tank Emergency—On the Wall as a LODD 18 July 74--22nd Bombardment Wing, Roswell Industrial Air Park, NM Structure Fire with Explosion LODD: Sgt John V. Howard On the Wall as a LODD 1972 LODD: William Kassheimer – Williams – Aircraft Emergency—On the Wall as a LODD Korat Thailand – F-105 Fire and Explosion – 17 May 1972 LODD: SSgt Raymond Daubeniek—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Sgt James Latham —On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Karnichit Patfasna—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Niphon Wanarat—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Samarn Beonsari—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Tavil Teskaujana—On the Wall as a LODD 1970 Da Nang Vietnam – Refueling/Aim 9 Explosion – 2 September 1970 LODD: SSgt Bobby L. Holzer—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C Robert P. Pape—On the Wall as a LODD 1968 Tuy Hoa Vietnam – Helicopter Crash 20 February 1968 LODD: SSgt Hurshell H. Gough—On the Wall as a LODD Binh Thuy Vietnam – Aircraft Emergency 8 May 1968 LODD: SSgt James E. Spickler—On the Wall as a LODD Phan Rang Vietnam – Crash of Pedro 44 - 10 October 1968 LODD: TSgt Emmett S. Orr (Pedro Crew) —On the Wall as a LODD LODD: SSgt Milard Luther E. Bledsoe (Pedro Crew) —On the Wall as a LODD 1967 Da Nang Vietnam – Mortar Attack Incident – 7 July 1967 LODD: A1C James Brooks—On the Wall as a LODD Da Nang Vietnam – Mortar Attack Incident – 15 July 1967 LODD: A2C Charles R. Humble—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A2C Charles D. Ward—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C Ronald F. Poole—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A2C Charles F. Boss—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C John S. Berg—On the Wall as a LODD 1966 Chief Frank Joseph VI - MacDill 1965 Bien Hoa Vietnam – Aircraft Crash – 27 April 1965 LODD: A1C Robert W. Doss —On the Wall as a LODD 1962 Whiteman - B-47 Explosion – 15 May 1962 LODD: TSgt Richard East—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A3C Wayne Hower—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A2C Joseph Palogima—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C Paul Ralls—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: A1C Chester Taylor—On the Wall as a LODD 1961 Wright Patterson - Structural Collapse – 21 November 1961 LODD: William J. Collins—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Dale V. Kelchner—On the Wall as a LODD Altus – 8 May 1961 – Vehicle Accident LODD: A1C Rufus L. Meachum —On the Wall as a LODD 1954 George – F-86 Crash – 6 April 1954 LODD: Carl C. Case—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: TSgt James C. Flowers—On the Wall as a LODD 1951 Yokota - B-29 Explosion 18 November 1951 LODD: Sgt Forrest D. Claude—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Sgt Newton P. McDonald—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: PFC Herman Breeding Jr—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Chotaro Morita—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Yasuo Sato—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Shigeru Tanaka—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Masakichi Tsunoda—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Isamu Ikeda—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Shinpei Izawa—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Noboru Yamada—On the Wall as a LODD 1950 Fairfield-Suisun CA – B-29 Emergency – 5 August 1950 LODD: SSgt John E. McCullum—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Cpl Doyal D. Hansted—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Pfc William R. Vetter—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Pvt Emile G. Bender Jr—On the Wall as a LODD LODD: Pvt Edward Goins—On the Wall as a LODD 1948 Rhein Main GE – Vehicle Accident - 2 October 1948 LODD: Pfc Johnnie T. Orms—On the Wall as a LODD
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