Tuesday, the Mississippi State Fire Academy (MSFA), along with the Mississippi Firefighters Association (MSFFA), and Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association (MSFCA) honored those who paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.

The Fallen Firefighter Memorial was held on the grounds of the Mississippi State Fire Academy, on which stands a memorial with 106 names dating back to 1885.  On Tuesday, ten more names were added to that list.

“This is only a small gesture we can do to honor our fallen brothers and sisters for paying the ultimate price,” said Terry Wages, MSFA Executive Director.

The Memorial stands as a reminder of how serious fire safety is.  Firefighters, friends, and family from across the state attend this annual event to honor and reflect on the commitment to service that these firefighters gave to their communities and to the people they served.

Fallen Firefighters  

Peter Barber – 1885
Joseph M. Dent – 1885
Dan Keefe – 1885
William R. Mulcahy – 1885
William J. Phelan – 1885
J.C. Watters – 1907
L. Gatlin – 1922
C.P. Phillips – 1922
William Lagrone – 1927
J.P. Neeves – 1927
Joe Battaglai – 1928
Charles A. Bedgood, Jr. – 1928
Robert Lee – 1928
George Bailey – 1941
Jim Beaty – 1941
DeWitt Monroe – 1952
Klein Thornton – 1952
Joe Williams – 1952
Curtis Matheny – 1956
Vernon Whitaker – 1959
G.W. Weaver – 1962
Sammy Ray – 1963
Joe Adkins – 1964
Hugh Newell – 1971
Capt. John Krueger – 1974
Lt. David Lewis, Jr. – 1974
Lt. Johnny McBroom – 1974
Devan Saulters – 1975
Keith Holmes – 1980
Archie L. Carouthers – 1982
James E. Frazier, Jr. – 1984
Rickey E. May – 1985
James A Whitfield – 1985
Edwin K.Jacquet – 1986
Carl Monroe Ohr – 1986
Therrell E. Schilling – 1987
Charles J. Schultz, Jr. – 1987
Danny Lee Claiborne – 1988
James H. Jackson, Jr. – 1988
Tony J. Tadlock – 1988
Gerald W. Anderson – 1989
Robert P. Hayden – 1989
Henry H. Hinton – 1989
Paul H. Smith – 1989
Mathe A Alexander – 1990
Robert Jerry Drennan – 1990
Raymond L. Bryant – 1991
James D. Walling – 1991
Nathan Eric Walls – 1991
William Dale Luker – 1995
Ray Parnell McKay, Jr. – 1995
Stanley C. Adams – 1996
W. Dwight Craft – 1996
Meridith “Don” Moree – 1996
John “Rick” Robbins – 1996
Gerald Ertle – 1997
Sam Smitherman – 1997
Paula Bennett – 1998
Justin Allen Melton – 1998
Timothy Selby – 1998
David Zan Lancaster – 1999
Carl “Big O” Olsen – 1999
John Paul Pritchett, Sr. – 2000
Mary Lynn Waite – 2001
Gerald W. Allbritton – 2002
Rodney L. Chambers – 2002
Elmer Bell – 2002
Adam Lee Weisenberger – 2002
Karlton Allen Kole Brisco – 2003
Elliott Davis, Jr. – 2004
Terri L. Eiland – 2004
Randy W. Henderson – 2004
Sally R. Clark – 2005
Franklin W. Eubanks – 2005
James C. Webb – 2005
Michael L. Davenport – 2006
Robert B. Edwards – 2006
Gary W. Kistler, Sr. – 2006
Ollie P. Tate – 2006
Jeffery Jeans – 2007
Charlie Fraley – 2008
Richard Lee Montgomery – 2008
Walter Clyde Walker, Jr. – 2008
Robert Andrew France – 2009
John Thurman – 2009
George A. Wimberly – 2009
Jerry Thompson – 2010
Jacob Anthony Carter – 2011
Charles Foster – 2011
Larry Gressett, Sr. – 2011
Joshua Wilkes – 2011
Nolan E. “Goat” Pittman – 2012
Mickey Yates – 2013
Dwight Reid Hilton – 2014
Dwight Greer – 2015
John L. Shoup – 2015
Steve W. Cobb – 2015
Willie Ratliff – 2015
Eric C. Gustafson – 2016
Loretta Sykes – 2017
Alvin Beasley – 2017
Bill Matthews – 2017
Dustin Grubbs – 2019
Randall Yeatman – 2019
Robert Dunaway – 2019
Todd Lanthrip – 2019
Andy Petro – 2020
Hugh Hollowell – 2020
Jack Griffin – 2020
Kenneth Rainey – 2020
Guandes Smith – 2021
Lee Edward Tatum – 2021
Ricky Joe Mitchell – 2021
Larry Adams – 2021
Marshall Hilley – 2021
Clint Jacobs – 2021