Roll of Honor

     Members of the Detroit Fire Department, who have sacrificed their lives in service to the citizens of Detroit.

 

08/17/1867   Pipeman John Miller E-3 Fell from Ladder 04/18/1924   Lt. George Hawkins S-4 Rig Accident
07/02/1881   Pipeman Michael McQueen E-8 Falling Wall 04/22/1924   Pipeman Richard Beard S-4 Rig Accident
09/03/1884   Capt. William Cooper H & L 3 Injuries 02/26/1884 02/06/1926   Pipeman Stanley Doptis S-1 Rig/Street Car Accident
01/01/1886   Capt. Richard Filban H & L 3 Falling Wall 12/20/1928   TFF Vincent Rychik L-4 Rig Accident
12/28/1888   Stoker James Powers E-8 Thrown from Rig 03/29/1929   Lad. Edward Vernier L-8 Rig/Truck Accident
03/21/1889   Lt. Isaac Clark H & L 5 Floor Collapse 07/31/1930   FF Lief Christiansen E-24 Thrown from Ladder
04/20/1889   Driver Henry Turner Chem 2 Thrown from Rig 01/22/1931   Lad. George Aylsworth L-8 Rig Accident
12/03/1890   Pipeman Octavius Robinson E-8 Falling Walls 10/27/1933   Pipeman Frederick Stolp S-4 Rig/Car Collision
12/03/1890   Lt. Patrick Coughlin E-8 Falling Walls 07/19/1935   FF Walter Sweeney S-3 Electrocution
02/28/1892   Pipeman Henry Chapoton E-5 Thrown from Rig 08/21/1936   FF Joseph Hallman HP1 E-1/HP1 Collision
12/26/1892   Lad. Peter Schwartz H & L 2 Falling Walls 03/18/1937   Capt Louis Pape S-1 Heart Attack/S-1 after fire
11/02/1893   Lad. Hugh Garrity H & L 3 Rig/Street Car Collision 10/24/1937   Lt. Russell Kelly L-7 Heart Attack at Fire
11/11/1893  Eng.David Boyd E-4 Arm Torn Off 02/13/1939   Capt. Edward Mitten E-50 Smoke Inhalation
08/02/1894   Pipeman Eugene McCarthy E-19 Falling Walls 02/25/1940   FF Joseph Schneider L-22 Building Collapse
10/05/1894   Pipeman Martin Ball E-9 Falling Walls 07/12/1942   FF Stanley Hausch E-17 Buried by Explosion
10/05/1894   Pipeman Joseph Dely E-9 Falling Walls 10/21/1944   Lt. Joseph Donnelly E-1 Heart Attack at Fire
10/05/1894   Pipeman John Pagel E-9 Falling Walls 01/05/1945   Sgt. Harry Shlotzhauer E-10 Heart Attack at Fire
10/05/1894   Lad. Julius Cummings H & L 2 Falling Walls 03/12/1946   Lt. Oliver Strong E-52 Smoke Inhalation
10/05/1894   Lt. Michael Donaghue Chem 1 Falling Walls 01/16/1947   FF Charles Parish L-9 E-12 Explosion
10/05/1894   Volunteer Fred Bussey Falling Walls 01/16/1947   FF Paul Reiner L-9 E-12 Explosion
05/17/1895   Lad. Anthony Korte L-5 Rig Train Collision 03/17/1947   FF Raymond Benedict S-3 Smoke Inhalation
01/13/1897   Lad. Patrick Black H & L 2 Electric Shock 04/04/1947   Sgt. Fred Bergman E-32 Heart Attack/E32 after Fire
01/20/1897   Lad. Moses Fortune H & L 1 Kicked by a Horse 06/29/1947   Lt. Clay Carpenter E-22 Collapsed at Fire
02/25/1900   Lad. Timothy Keohane L-8 Falling Smokestack 06/27/1948   Sgt. Charles Phillips E-31 Fire-Police Collision
10/25/1900   Lt. August Regentin E-11 Falling Walls 01/11/1949   Sgt. Clifford Bannon E-49 Smoke Inhalation
03/22/1902   Pipeman George Hough Chem 2 Injuries 01/11/1949   FF James Daggert E-40 Smoke Inhalation
12/08/1905   Lt. Michael Sheahan E-27 Pole Hole Fall 05/24/1952   FF StanleyThorntonE-11 Falling Wall
12/18/1905   Pipeman James Briggs E-3 Rig/Street Car Collision 04/11/1954   Capt. Werner Blaess E-1 Heart Attack at Fire
03/09/1907   Cadet David Murduff E-3 Killed at Fire 01/26/1955   Lt. Ellsworth Carroll L-14 Heart Attack at Fire
11/16/1907   Driver James Downey L-4 Broken Skull/Run Over 08/23/1959   Capt. Nicholas Konen E-51 Heart Attack at E-51 after Fire
02/11/1908   Pipeman Louis Staub E-14 Falling Wall 11/24/1959   FF Bruno Koluch E-22 Smoke Inhalation
12/25/1908   Lt. William Burgess L-3 Died of Injuries from Fire 02/19/1961   FF Stephen Szpunar E-36 Heart Attack at Fire
10/16/1909   Lad. John Wallace L-9 Died Driving Apparatus 09/29/1963   FF John Campbell E-34 Heart Attack at Fire
01/14/1911   Capt. Levi Fletcher E-12 Falling Walls 11/10/1963   FF Albert Booth E-56 Car-E-56 Collision
08/08/1911   Pipeman Arthur Fitch E-24 Extinguisher Explosion 02/27/1965   Capt. Lyle Ingram E-29 Smoke Inhalation
05/01/1913   Driver Timothy Shea E-34 Rig/car Collision 06/29/1965   Sgt. Alex Ori E-48 Heart Attack at Fire
01/31/1915   Pipeman Otto Habermas E-27 Fall from Ladder 07/28/1967   FF Carl Smith L-11 Gunshot in Riot
07/19/1915   Sub. Willys Wilcox E-3A Run over by E-3 08/04/1967   FF John Ashby E-21 Electrocuted
12/27/1915   Pipeman William Hoffman E-22 Run over by Engine 12/20/1969   FF Thomas Killian E-35 Burns
04/12/1916   Lad. William Moran L-3 Fell from Ladder 02/22/1970   Capt. Edward Dugelar L-30 Heart Attack at Fire
03/04/1917   Pipeman William Schill E-30 Building Collapse 01/26/1974   FF Terence McHugh E-21 Floor Collapse
03/04/1917   Pipeman Otto Mattick E-30 Building Collapse 03/17/1974   FF Edward Gargol L-26 Fell off L-26
03/04/1917   Lad. Oscar Locke L-1 Building Collapse 10/29/1977   TFF Curtis Randolph E-32 Backdraft
03/04/1917   Capt. Alexander Cockburn E-2 Building Collapse 12/12/1977   FF Michael Johnson L-11 Tiller Accident
03/04/1917   Pipeman Alonzo Raymond E-2 Building Collapse 02/21/1981   FF Coleman Tate L-31 Fell off E-52
10/15/1917   Sub. George Lloyd E-6 Fell through Pole Hole 03/12/1987   Lt. Paul Schimeck L-10 Fell from Building
05/10/1918   Capt. Oscar Reidel L-4 Fell through Floor 03/12/1987   Lt. David Lau E-26 Building Collapse
10/20/1918   Capt. Maurice Kelly E-32 Falling Walls 03/12/1987   TFF Larry McDonald E-26 Building Collapse
05/29/1919   Pipeman Peter Condry S-1 Gas Inhalation 06/15/1992   TFF Roland Waters E-60 Building Collapse
05/30/1919   Pipeman William O’Brien S-1 Gas Inhalation 02/05/1994   Chief Robert English 5th Battalion Heart Attack at Fire
07/24/1920   Pipeman Louis Purol S-3 Rig/Street Car Collision 07/04/1995   FEO John Weingart E-35 Heart Attack at Fire
03/05/1921   Lad. James Thornton L-1 Injury/Hemorrhage 02/08/2002   FF Steven Olander L-21 Brain Aneurysm
02/19/1922   Pipeman Louis Digue E-29 Burns 02/07/2007   FEO Joseph Torkos E-17 Accident Responding
11/18/1923   Pipeman Herman Schulz E-46 Burns 11/15/2008   FF Walter Harris E-23 Roof Collapse
   

Detroit Fire Fighters Who Gave Their Lives in the Service of Their Country

05/14/1918   Pipeman JosephGriffinE-8 KIA WWI 08/23/1943   FF Walter Greenberg E-42 KIA WWII
06/01/1918   Pipeman Robert R. Lanham E-8 KIA WWI 08/23/1943   FF Howard Van Wormer E-49 KIA WWII
06/14/1918   Sub. Edward Smalley H-1 KIA WWI 05/01/1944   TFF Parke E. Greiner, Jr. E-19 Plane Crash, Navy
10/27/1918   Pipeman Ambrose B. McMahon H-1 KIA WWI 03/10/1945   TFF Edward J. Pcyz L-6 KIA WWII
11/01/1918   Pipeman William Sammon E-17 KIA WWI 04/29/1945   FF William J. Leonard L-19 KIA WWII
08/25/1919   Pipeman Anthony J. Mudloff E-11 KIA WWI 02/15/1951   FF Dallas W. Stephey E-42 KIAKorea
08/23/1943   FF Arthur Peltier E-36 KIA WWII 04/18/1961   Lt. William J. Kuenne S-2 Plane Crash, Reserves
08/23/1943   FF William Neumann E-8 KIA WWII 07/12/1976   Capt. Thaddeus Potocki E-41 Heart Attack, Reserves