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This page is dedicated to the many men and women that make the ultimate sacrifice protecting their community and doing what they all do best. Our sympathy goes out to their loved ones and their Brothers and Sisters they served with so proudly. Please take a few minutes and click on the names of the Indiana firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

May these brave Brothers and Sisters be the guardian angels to firefighters from now until the end of time.

2007 USFA On-duty Deaths: 19
2006 Total: 106

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George R. McCormack
Indiana
Bass Lake Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1981

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Ricky K. Genth
Indiana
Elkhart Fire Department
Year of Death: 1981

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David L. Burton
Indiana
Gary Fire Department
Year of Death: 1981

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Robert B. Kermeen
Indiana
Friendship Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

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John J. Rossi, Jr.
Indiana
Hammond Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

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Randall Hansen
Indiana
Plymouth Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

Dane R. Hoffhien
Indiana
Plymouth Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

Alphonse J. Kriscunas
Indiana
Plymouth Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

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James W. Stewart
Indiana
Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1982

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Roger G. Tharp
Indiana
Cowan Volunteer Fire Department, Muncie
Year of Death: 1984

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Theodore P. Lander
Indiana
Evansville Fire Department
Year of Death: 1985

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Larry D. Filler
Indiana
Greensburg Fire Department
Year of Death: 1985

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Wilbur E. Anderson
Indiana
Wright Township Volunteer Fire Department, Midland
Year of Death: 1986

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Richard D. Standafer
Indiana
Muncie Fire Department
Year of Death: 1986

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Jack E. Schafstall
Indiana
Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department, Courtland
Year of Death: 1986

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William S. Warnock
Indiana
Converse Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
Year of Death: 1987

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Norman D. Stuart
Indiana
Greensburg Fire Department
Year of Death: 1988

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David J. Edwards
Indiana
Lawrence Township Fire Department
Year of Death: 1988

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William E. Deering, Jr.
Indiana
New Albany Township Fire Department
Year of Death: 1988

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Jan P. Dawes
Indiana
Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1988

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James C. Pugsley
Indiana
Salem Township Volunteer Fire Department, Daleville
Year of Death: 1989

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Nicholas W. Hart
Indiana
Moorefield Community Fire Department #1, Vevay
Year of Death: 1990

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Richard V. Brekrus
Indiana
South Bend Fire Department
Year of Death: 1990

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Ralph L. Hoppenjans
Indiana
Ferdinand Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1990

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Fred P. Biedron
Indiana
Hammond Fire Department
Year of Death: 1991

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Ellwood M. Gelenius
Indiana
Indianapolis Fire Department
Year of Death: 1992

John J. Lorenzano
Indiana
Indianapolis Fire Department
Year of Death: 1992

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Roy W. Stephenson
Indiana
Green Township Volunteer Fire Department #1
Year of Death: 1994

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James D. Harvey
Indiana
Greenwood Fire Department
Year of Death: 1994

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David H. Barter
Indiana
West Terre Haute Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1994

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Ronald Carl Deer
Indiana
Wayne Township Fire Department
Year of Death: 1995

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Greg Cussen
Indiana
Noble Township Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1995

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Herlof T. Hansen III
Indiana
Hobart Fire Department
Year of Death: 1995

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David A. Harness
Indiana
Hanna Township Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1995

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John William Swan, II
Indiana
Largo Township Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1996

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Laura Lynn Halsey
Indiana
Stroh Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1996

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Donald Matthew Raibley
Indiana
Pigeon Township Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1996

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Frank D. Gilbert, Jr.
Indiana
Portage Fire Department (Indiana)
Year of Death: 1997

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Matthew Paul Casboni
Indiana
St. John Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1998

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Jeffrey E. Sammons
Indiana
South Whitley Fire Department
Year of Death: 1997

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Paul Allen Laux
Indiana
Cool Spring Township Fire Department
Year of Death: 1998

Jeffrey William Reick
Indiana
Aurora Fire Department
Year of Death: 1998

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Terri LeAnn Hood
Indiana
McCulloch Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1999

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Robert C. Ulrich
Indiana
Scipio Township Volunteer Fire Department, LaPorte
Year of Death: 1999

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Jason Allen Gouckenour
Indiana
Worthington-Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 1999

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Brian Keith Burnett
Indiana
Scipio Township Volunteer Fire Department, LaPorte
Year of Death: 2000

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Robert M. Samanas
Indiana
Rural Metro Fire Department, Bethlehem Steel, Burns Harbor
Year of Death: 2000

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Paul K. Jolliff
Indiana
Indianapolis Fire Department
Year of Death: 2002

Ralph Stott, Jr.

Ralph Stott, Jr.
Indiana
Terre Haute Fire Department
Year of Death: 2002

Terry W. Stinson

Terry W. Stinson
Indiana
Brown Township Fire-Rescue, Mooresville
Year of Death: 2002

Jim "Smitty" Smith
Indiana
Troy Volunteer Fire Department
Year of Death: 2003

George A. Walker, Jr.
Indiana
Clarksville Fire Department
Year of Death: 2003

Errett W. Miller

Indiana

Posey Township Volunteer FD

Year of Death: 2006

Steven A Smith

Indiana

Wea Township Volunteer Fire Department

Year of Death: 2006

Sidney Hall

Indiana

Upland Fire Department

Year of Death: 2007