... to the people who dedicate their lives to helping you. People you depend on in an emergency who risk their
lives for you. These are your
firefighters and paramedics. They don’t like being called heroes. They say it’s just
their job. And they don’t like asking for help. So here’s
your chance.
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Fallen HeroesNationwide, every year nearly a hundred firefighters and paramedics pay the ultimate price in their line of duty. Since 1857, in the Miami Valley alone 69 have laid down their lives doing their job. They were fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, and your friends and neighbors. They didn’t ask anything in return. But they do deserve to be remembered. Please let us know if any of the following information on our Fallen Heroes is incorrect.
| John Dawson |
Springfield |
February 24, 1857 |
John Powell |
Springfield |
June 25, 1873 |
| Oscar P. Keys |
Springfield |
June 28, 1886 |
| William Wright |
Dayton |
January 27, 1891 |
| James Baer |
Dayton |
May 16, 1900 |
| Henry Yost |
Sidney |
May 13, 1906 |
| Martin Ulery |
Xenia |
December 1, 1908 |
| Joseph Fletcher |
Xenia |
December 1, 1908 |
| John M. Hunker |
Hamilton |
March 14, 1912 |
| William M. Love |
Hamilton |
March 14, 1912 |
| George P. Fritz |
Hamilton |
March 19, 1912 |
| Edward Doudna |
Dayton |
March 25, 1913 |
| Dennis Sheehan |
Springfield |
November 20, 1913 |
| Lawrence Bosley |
Dayton |
December 18, 1916 |
| James Smith |
Dayton |
December 18, 1916 |
| Walter E. Reinheimer |
Springfield |
January 4, 1920 |
| Frank Kirkpatrick |
Troy |
July 17, 1922 |
| Charles H. Deam |
Springfield |
January 14, 1926 |
| Edward J. Madigan |
Dayton |
March 1, 1927 |
| Rueben Hussong |
Dayton |
March 26, 1929 |
| George Hume |
Sidney |
April 17, 1930 |
| George E. Grossman |
Greenville |
December 13, 1932 |
| Harry J. Keville |
Dayton |
August 7, 1937 |
| William McFadden |
Dayton |
August 10, 1939 |
| Don A. Howard |
Hamilton |
March 5, 1941 |
| George J. Kramer |
Hamilton |
January 2, 1946 |
| George R. Schneider |
Hamilton |
June 29, 1946 |
| Frank Crabtree |
Dayton |
September 8, 1946 |
| Hugh Garrity |
Springfield |
January 7, 1948 |
| George Parr |
Harrison Township |
August 5, 1948 |
| Alfred E. Kime |
Springfield |
May 22, 1949 |
| John Maddux |
Tipp City |
November 27, 1950 |
| Clarence I. Dunkman |
Dayton |
September 30, 1951 |
| Clifford F. Peters |
Hamilton |
June 23, 1953 |
| Bernard J. Schaeff |
Dayton |
July 12, 1954 |
| Robert M. Hedges |
Washington Township |
November 16, 1955 |
| Moss J. Prueitt |
Hamilton |
December 21, 1959 |
| Eugene Kadle |
Liberty Township |
October 25, 1960 |
| Dale V. Kelchner |
WPAFB FD |
November 21, 1961 |
| William J. Collins |
WPAFB FD |
November 21, 1961 |
| Willard Dale Ritenour |
Tremont |
November 4, 1963 |
| Richard Trucksis |
Tipp City |
November 12, 1963 |
| John L.C. Miller |
Dayton |
February 14, 1964 |
| James Shook |
Box 21 Rescue |
February 6, 1965 |
| Ronald Warden |
Dayton |
March 9, 1965 |
| Norman K. Albert |
Dayton |
January 30, 1966 |
| Paul R. Cook |
Hamilton |
July 3, 1967 |
| Ralph I. Thomas |
Hamilton |
July 9, 1968 |
| Walter H. Booher |
Pitsburg |
February 1, 1971 |
| Kermit L. Smith |
Miamisburg |
March 10, 1973 |
| Wilmo Testerman |
Maineville Comm. |
June 10, 1974 |
| Arthur J. Corre |
Kettering |
December 25, 1974 |
| Michael M. Aselage |
Fort Loramie |
April 2, 1975 |
| Stan Meyer |
Hamilton |
August 9, 1979 |
| Robert Ladenwitsch |
Union Township |
September 1, 1979 |
| Vernon Earick |
Covington |
December 1, 1979 |
| William Neuberg |
Moraine |
January 16, 1980 |
| Frank Tompkins |
Morgan Township |
May 10, 1982 |
| William B. Gray, Sr. |
Fairfield Township |
June 2, 1986 |
| Patrick E. Yahle |
Dayton |
November 30, 1988 |
| Terry Leasher |
Harlan Township |
April 11, 1996 |
| Henry Lowell Scott |
City of Fairfield/Springdale |
September 18, 1996 |
| Robert O’Toole |
Washington Township |
January 12, 1998 |
| Charles Young |
Ross Township |
October 18, 1999 |
| Cindy Verberg |
Clayton |
July 10, 2001 |
| Robert E. Woolf |
Phillipsburg |
August 25, 2004 |
Rose Woodbridge
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Hanover Township
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July 28, 2006
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