TN Fallen Firefighters
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1876
George H. Smith, Knoxville Fire Department
1880
Edward Leonard, Memphis Fire Department
Peter Meath, Memphis Fire Department
1883
Charles B. Davis, Memphis Fire Department
1884
Peter McManus, Memphis Fire Department
1887
Henry Iler, Chattanooga Fire Department
William Peak, Chattanooga Fire Department
1892
Stanley Allen, Nashville Fire Department
H. Ewing, Nashville Fire Department
C. C. Gowdy Nashville Fire Department
1898
R. E. Page, Nashville Fire Department
1900
E. M. Carell, Nashville Fire Department
1903
R. C. Burk, Nashville Fire Department
1904
John J. Dunn, Knoxville Fire Department
Frank C. Harvey, Memphis Fire Department
William F. Maxey, Knoxville Fire Department
1905
William Cox, Memphis Fire Department
George Roger, Nashville Fire Department
1907
Joseph Hiskey, Memphis Fire Department
1910
J. C. Ambrose, Nashville Fire Department
1913
William Nelson, Memphis Fire Department
1917
Henry Henson, Memphis Fire Department
Thomas Meredith, Memphis Fire Department
1918
Frank Campagna, Memphis Fire Department
1920
Mr. Pennington, Nashville Fire Department
Mr. Pinkerton, Nashville Fire Department
1922
Oscar Dillard, Nashville Fire Department
1925
James W. Doyle, Memphis Fire Department
1926
Lloyd C. Scruggs, Knoxville Fire Department
1928
J. C. Flenniken, Knoxville Fire Department
John A. Sullivan, Memphis Fire Department
W. T. Walker, Chattanooga Fire Department
1929
Sam B. Boyd, Knoxville Fire Department
Howard O. Gray, Knoxville Fire Department
Finley C. Puckett, Johnson City Fire Department
William C. Reed, Knoxville Fire Department
Fred M. “Jack” Sexton, Knoxville Fire Department
Oscar F. Stell, Memphis Fire Department
1932
Fred Everett Boatman, Knoxville Fire Department
Henry Clay Lawless, Knoxville Fire Department
Raymond H. “Shorty” Nash, Knoxville Fire Department
1933
Johnson Vantien, Nashville Fire Department
Charles E. Youngblood, Knoxville Fire Department
1934
Robert H. Alexander, Memphis Fire Department
Henry Brenner, Memphis Fire Department
James B. Faulkenberry, Memphis Fire Department
Wix J. Fowler, Memphis Fire Department
Truman Hill, Nashville Fire Department
W. H. Norris, Nashville Fire Department
Ralph C. Pierce, Memphis Fire Department
Buddy Reece, Nashville Fire Department
1936
Tom F. Heagerty, Knoxville Fire Department
William C. Kavanaugh, Memphis Fire Department
Louie A. McCaughan, Knoxville Fire Department
1937
Perry A. Gillespie, Memphis Fire Department
Joe Keef, Nashville Fire Department
Herbert W. Johnson, Memphis Fire Department
Thomas Madden, Nashville Fire Department
Charles Obenchain, Nashville Fire Department
Clifford Perryman, Memphis Fire Department
1939
A. C. Cartwright, Murfreesboro Fire Department
Ben Christian, Nashville Fire Department
Winfred Vaughn, Murfreesboro Fire Department
1940
Ed Dale, Nashville Fire Department
1942
William L. “Bill” Dudley, Dyersburg Fire Department
Pratt Fletcher, Dyersburg Fire Department
Miles N. Mason, Memphis Fire Department
Horace Overholt, Nashville Fire Department
Louis Ryman, Nashville Fire Department
Max Solinski, Nashville Fire Department
S. B. “Shad” Sullins, Nashville Fire Department
Earl Vanderford, Memphis Fire Department
1943
John J. Giardina, Memphis Fire Department
William Scott Popejoy, Jr., Knoxville Fire Department
1944
Raymond Goodrich, Nashville Fire Department
1945
Joe Knight, Nashville Fire Department
1946
Wylie Carell, Nashville Fire Department
Henry “Pat” Mitchell, Knoxville Fire Department
1950
Robert W. Fortune, Memphis Fire Department
Otto R. Rahm, Jr., Memphis Fire Department
1951
James H. May, Knoxville Fire Department
1952
Carl Eugene Smith, Knoxville Fire Department
1953
Orvill Hooberry, Nashville Fire Department
Robert Stanford, Tri-Community Fire Department
Hub Steven, Nashville Fire Department
1954
Herman Carden, Tennessee Division of Forestry
J. H. Cooper, Nashville Fire Department
Kenneth Pierce, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Jerry Woods, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1955
Neal Paul Barnett, Pulaski Fire Department
1956
Raymond Parrish, Nashville Fire Department
1958
Charles Coe, Nashville Fire Department
1959
George L. Brister, Memphis Fire Department
Dwight Smith, Memphis Fire Department
George H. Stephens, Nashville Fire Department
Bobby Webb, Union City Fire Department
1960
Marvin Siler, Memphis Fire Department
Claude B. Walker, Clarksville Fire Rescue
1961
Taylor S. Pickett, Memphis Fire Department
Ben Morgan Toon, Fayetteville Fire Department
1962
Daniel H. Dooley, Jr., Memphis Fire Department
Michael W. O’Neill, Memphis Fire Department
1963
Morris Shute, Nashville Fire Department
1965
Roger W. Fitch, Memphis Fire Department
Frank Howell, Columbia Fire Department
1966
Worley Sharp, Knoxville Fire Department
1967
George Connel “Pen” Wilson, Clarksville Fire Rescue
1969
Charles P. Bolton, Memphis Fire Department
1971
Vernon Keel, Nashville Fire Department
1972
Clarence Edward Laymance, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1974
Michael A. Fletcher, Knoxville Fire Department
1975
James Brown, Harriman Fire Department
Vernon L. Knight, Memphis Fire Department
1976
Jimmy Conger, Paris Landing Volunteer Fire Department
Joe E. Tarwater, Knoxville Fire Department
1977
Martiniano R. Lerma, Memphis Fire Department
Henry A. Rutledge, Memphis Fire Department
1978
Melvin Matlock, Waverly Fire Department
Wilbur York, Waverly Fire Department
Gary Wayne Logan, Dallas Bay Fire Department
1979
Steward Gandy, Tri-Community Fire
John T. Hall, Nashville Fire Department
James Lawson, Harriman Fire Department
James Lee Graham, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1980
David Allen Bond, Byrdstown/Pickett County Fire Department
Donald W. King, Memphis Fire Department
Charles E. Lovell, Nashville Fire Department
Frank Willie Walker, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1981
Earl “Ray” Harrison, Clarksville Fire Rescue
Eugene Nation, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Archie C. Reed, Cheatham County Fire Department
William H. Shields, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1982
Ricky L. Hitchcox, Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department
J. Wendell Organ, Lebanon-Wilson County Civil Defense
Charles H. Vinson, Memphis Fire Department
1983
Thomas Girdley, Crossville Fire Department
1984
Michael Dwayne Caldwell, DeKalb Co. Fire Department
Milton A. Densford, Memphis Fire Department
Willis D. Fry, Sweetwater Fire Department
Jimmy R. Kennedy, Memphis Fire Department
1985
James L. Craig, Memphis Fire Department
1986
Robert K. Bell, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Carl A. Bettis, Jr., Chattanooga Fire Department
1987
Robert O. Binkley, Nashville Fire Department
Bobby Gene Blackley, Memphis Fire Department
James Clayton George, Shelbyville Fire Department
1988
Charles J. Berry, Kingsport Fire Department
George Harold Carathers, Sr., Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department
Alex J. Sparks, Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department
1989
Eddie D. Diviney, Nashville Fire Department
David A. McCollum, Bradley County Fire Department
David Ellis Pratt, Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department
1990
Robbie Davis, Newmansville Volunteer Fire Department
1991
James T. Swindle, Sumner County Volunteer Fire Department
1993
Joseph A. Boswell, Memphis Fire Department
James D. Hill, Memphis Fire Department
Mark R. Hinson, Sr., Paris Landing Volunteer Fire Department
1994
William E. Bridges, Memphis Fire Department
Edward L. Freeman, Memphis Fire Department
Michael L. Mathis, Memphis Fire Department
Dwight E. Smith, Memphis Fire Department
1995
Corey Berggren, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad
Henry Frizzell, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Wilbur Pinnell, Winchester Fire Department
Gene Schubert, Harriman Fire Department
Ronnie Wilson, Tennessee Division of Forestry
1996
William Clark Derryberry, Maury County Fire Department
1997
Scott M. Berry, Bradley Co. Volunteer Fire Department
Tracy D. Floyd, Winchester Fire Department
William Thomas Wilson, Pinecrest Volunteer Fire Department
1998
Larry Joe King, Sr., Maury City Fire Department
Paul P. Satterfield, Nashville Fire Department
2000
William M. Blakemore, Memphis Fire Department
Javier Lerma, Memphis Fire Department
2001
Debra Sinard, White Pine Volunteer Fire Department
Harold “Bear” Strode, Tennessee Division of Forestry
2002
Jason Kevin Jackson Hampton, Almaville Volunteer Fire Department
Dennis L. Harris, Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department
Richard A. Majors, Nashville Fire Department
Thomas “Shane” Murray, Jefferson City Fire Department
Robert Glen Poore, Briceville Volunteer Fire Department
2003
Robert L. "Buddy" Blankenship, Knoxville Fire Department
Jason Lee Ellis, Loretto Fire Department
Samuel Lee Green, Shelby County Fire Department
Trent A. Kirk, Memphis Fire Department
Charles A. Zachary, Memphis Fire Department
2004
Grady “Roy” Austin, Henderson County Fire Department
Ed Stallings, Carthage Volunteer Fire Department
2005
David O’Conner, Memphis Fire Department
Jerry Wayne Hopper, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Wendell A. Jeffrey, Memphis Fire Department
2006
Jeffrey A. Bowman, Chattanooga Fire Department
Mark Stanley, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Garry Tanner, Pleasantville Volunteer Fire and Rescue
2007
Shane Daughetee, Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department
M. L. Hopper, Tennessee Division of Forestry
Theresa Maria (Kaufmann) Lynn, Luminary Volunteer Fire Department
2009
Timothy A. Byrd, Dover-Stewart Co. Rescue Squad
Christopher Wolkotte, Pinecrest Volunteer Fire Department