Firefighters' Memorial Specialty Plate

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A hero is defined as "one that is much admired or shows great courage." The thousands of Arkansans who serve their communities as professional and volunteer firefighters can easily be described as heroes. These heroes make many sacrifices while serving their communities. Sorrowfully, a few make the ultimate sacrifice and lose their lives in the performance of their duties. The following are the 87 Arkansas firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

JULIUS DEISER Fort Smith Fire Department April 2, 1889	HENRY BROOKIN Little Rock Fire Department March 11, 1891
ROBERT YEAKLE Little Rock Fire Department January 27, 1892	JAMES ROBBINS Little Rock Fire Department December 16, 1895
GEORGE WUNDERLICH Little Rock Fire Department December 23, 1895	OTIS GRAY Hot Springs Fire Department Spring 1905
BOB KHUN Fort Smith Fire Department 1916	CHARLES SUMMERS Little Rock Fire Department February 17, 1920
GEORGE ENGLEBERT Little Rock Fire Department April 24, 1920	G.E. TINER Pine Bluff Fire Department October 5, 1922
JOHN FORD Hot Springs Fire Department May 5, 1923	ROSCOE KING Little Rock Fire Department May 15, 1924
JOE HOPE Little Rock Fire Department June 3, 1924	JAMES JONES Little Rock Fire Department December 6, 1928
ALLEN ETTER Fort Smith Fire Department 1930	MANUAL BUNCH Hot Springs Fire Department July 30, 1930
LeROY COOK North Little Rock Fire Department February 6, 1930	ROY MOON Swifton Fire Department November 27, 1930
GEORGE WILLIAMS Pine Bluff Fire Department March 23, 1932	JOE HOFFMAN Little Rock Fire Department June 7, 1936
RALPH UNGER Little Rock Fire Department July 24, 1937	W.E. BLEVINS Little Rock Fire Department October 8, 1940
JAMES LITTLE Heber Springs Fire Department December 7, 1941	LEO MONS Little Rock Fire Department April 7, 1944
CARL WALLACE Magnolia Fire Department September 21, 1944	GASTON WALTHALL Magnolia Fire Department September 21, 1944
OLLIE WARE Magnolia Fire Department September 21, 1944	FRANK DODD Russellville Fire Department October 5, 1946
LEOTIS SIVLEY Fort Smith Fire Department December 13, 1955	LEONARD MORRIS Mountain Home Fire Department June 8, 1956
RAY MANN Little Rock Fire Department December 14, 1956	ELBERT SHANNON WHITTEN Conway Fire Department June 9, 1959
NORMAN CARMICHAEL Little Rock Fire Department November 12, 1960	JOHNNY CIA Little Rock Fire Department January 3, 1961
J.M. COLEMAN Jonesboro Fire Department November 4, 1961	CARLOS GRAHAM Little Rock Fire Department September 28, 1963
EVERETT McKIM Marhsall Fire Department November 23, 1963	CHARLES FARMER Fort Smith Fire Department May 29, 1965
GENE MORAN Little Rock Fire Department February 11, 1967	GEORGE EUGENE WALKER Mulberry Fire Department November 14, 1969
HAROLD HAYNIE Little Rock Fire Department January 29, 1970	VIRGIL TICER Arkansas Forestry Service April 10, 1970
JERRY JACOBS Little Rock Fire Department January 15, 1972	ERIC OLIVER Little Rock Fire Department January 15, 1972
JERAL BARGER Stuttgart Fire Department February 2, 1972	RICHARD HOLZER Hot Springs Fire Department November 9, 1973
MONTY HOWARD Fort Smith Fire Department December 24, 1973	ED BAILEY Hot Springs Fire Department July 11, 1974
CLYDE RUSS Pine Bluff Fire Department January 14, 1975	DAVID DUPWE McGehee Fire Department September 23, 1975
RUSSEL "RED" LEONARD McGehee Fire Department September 23, 1975	MICHAEL HUNT McGehee Fire Department September 23, 1975
GEORGE WEIRMAN Helena Fire Department December 27, 1975	JERRELL TAYLOR Little Rock Fire Department March 8, 1976
JERRY CLANTON Pea Ridge Fire Department April 10, 1977	DAVID THOMAS Arkansas Forestry Service February 19, 1980
KEITH CAPERON Caddo Valley Fire Department September 26, 1980	CHARLES E. BAILEY Little Rock Fire Department December 21, 1980¹
CHARLES BURKE Little Rock Fire Department December 27, 1980	LOYD WHITESIDE Clarendon Fire Department November 16, 1981
E.G. MURPHY Little Rock Fire Department January 16, 1984	JAMES FRIZZLE United States Forestry - Mena April 24, 1984
PAUL KEENER United States Forestry - Mena April 24, 1984	TOMMY KIDD Choctaw Fire Department July 13, 1985
GLEN MILLER Jessieville Fire Department January 21, 1986	JEFF COPELAND Warren Fire Department March 31, 1986
RAYMOND FRAMPTON Ink Fire Department May 17, 1989	LOUIS CARACCOILO South Bend Fire Department November 11, 1989
BILLY RAY POWELL Lepanto Fire Department Spring 1992	GEORGE WEISCHMAN Stuttgart Fire Department December 28, 1992
JAMES MORGAN Poughkeepsie Fire Department February 7, 1994	DANIA STIVERS North Pulaski Fire Department May 12, 1995
RANDY WILLIFORD North Pulaski Fire Department July 9, 1995	ROBERT PEMBERTON Antioch Fire Department April 26, 1996
STEWART WARREN West Helena Fire Department May 8, 1997	ED HUDSON West Helena Fire Department May 8, 1997
REGINALD ROBINSON West Helena Fire Department May 8, 1997	DON PAYTON Mammoth Springs Thayer, MO Fire Department September 8, 1997
DAVID CARPENTER Mammoth Springs Thayer, MO Fire Department September 8, 1997	ERNEST ALAN McELROY Arkansas Forestry Service November 11, 1998
MARTIN WAUSON United States Forestry - Mena January 11, 1999	RONALD WADE MECHELL Huttig Fire Department August 16, 1999
JERRY WAYNE RAMEY West Fork Fire Department November 3, 1999	JIM BURNETT Hatfield Oklahoma Forestry Service - Wyoming August 12, 2000
JARED McCORMICK Bono Fire Department November 2, 2000	BRIAN STEVEN RICHTER Pottsville Fire Department April 8, 2001
JAMES HAROLD PENNINGTON Unity-Frost Prairie Fire Department March 28, 2004
¹ Injured Sept. 28, 1963


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