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AFSA Memorial Plaques
C Street Lobby, Truman Building, Washington D.C.
Honoring Americans Who Lost their Lives
Under Heroic or other Inspirational Circumstances
Or otherwise In the Line of Duty
While Serving the U.S. Government and the American People
Abroad in Foreign Affairs
(Names are listed in the order that they were inscribed)
Names Cause of Death Location and Year William Palfrey Lost at Sea 1780 Joel Barlow Exposure Zarnowice 1812 Richard C. Anderson Yellow Fever Cartagena, Colombia 1823 Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Jr. Fever Tampico, Mexico, 1824 Harris E. Fudger Murdered Bogota, Colombia, 1825 James A. Holden Lost at Sea 1827 John S. Meircken Lost at Sea 1832 William Shaler Cholera Havana, Cuba, 1833 William S. Sparks Cholera Venice, Italy 1849 Thomas T. Turner Epidemic Bahia 1849 Thomas I. Morgan Yellow Fever Rio De Janeiro 1850 Hardy M. Burton Yellow Fever St . Thomas 1852 George R. Dwyer Coast Fever Mozambique 1854 Beverly L. Clarke Tropical Fever Guatemala 1860 Isaac S. McMicken Yellow Fever Acapulco, Mexico 1860 George True Smallpox Funchal 1862 Edward W. Gardner Lost at Sea 1863 Charles G. Hannah Yellow Fever Demerara 1864 Abraham Hanson African Fever Monrovia, Liberia 1866 Hiram R. Hawkins Epidemic Tumbez, Peru 1866 Allen A. Hall Epidemic La Paz, Bolivia 1867 H.E. Peck Yellow Fever Haiti 1867 James Wilson Yellow Fever Venezuela 1867 James H. McColley Yellow Fever Callao 1869 William Stedman Yellow Fever Santiago, Cuba 1869 Charles E. Perry Epidemic Aspinwall, Colombia 1872 Thomas Biddle Epidemic Guayaquil 1875 John F. Flint Drowned Saving Life La Union, El Salvador 1875 Philip Clayton Yellow Fever Callao 1877 Henry H. Garnet African Fever Monrovia 1882 Jesse H. Moore Yellow Fever Callao 1883 David T. Bunker Yellow Fever Demerara 1888 Victor F. W. Stanwood Murdered Madagascar 1888 William D. McCoy Fever Monrovia, Liberia 1893 John R. Meade Yellow Fever Santo Domingo 1894 Alexander L. Pollock Yellow Fever San Salvador 1894 Frederick Munchmeyer Yellow Fever San Salvador 1895 John B. Gorman Malignant Malaria Matamoros, Mexico 1896 Albert S. Willis Malaria Honolulu, Hawaii 1897 Rounsevelle Wildman Lost at Sea 1901 Thomas T. Prentis Volcanic Eruption Martinique 1902 Amedee Testart Volcanic Eruption Martinique 1902 Thomas Nast Yellow Fever Guayaquil 1902 William F. Havemeyer Cholera Bassorah, Turkey 1904 Philip Carroll Fever Manzanillo, Mexico 1906 Benjamin H. Ridgely Exhaustion Mexico City 1908 Arthur A. Cheney Earthquake Messina 1908 John W. Gourley Smallpox Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 1910 Theodore C. Hamm Smallpox Durango, Mexico 1914 Robert N. McNeely Lost at Sea 1915 Charles P. McKiernan Smallpox Chungkiang, China 1916 Charles F. Brissel Cholera Baghdad, 1916 Alfred L. M. Gottschalk Lost at sea 1918 Maddin Summers Exhaustion Moscow 1918 John D. O'Rear Smallpox La Paz, Bolivia 1918 Luther K. Zabriskie Smallpox Aguas Calientes, Mexico 1921 Carl R. Loop Saving Life Catania 1923 Max D. Kirjassof Earthquake Yokohama, Japan 1923 Paul E. Jenks Earthquake Yokohama, Japan 1923 Clarence C. Woolard Epidemic Cape Haitien, Haiti 1923 Robert W. Imbrie Murdered Teheran, Persia 1924 William T. Francis Yellow Fever Liberia 1929 William I. Jackson Drowned Attempting to Save Life Matanzas, Cuba 1930 John T. Wainwright Drowned Attempting to Save Life Matanzas, Cuba 1930 G. Russell Taggart Hurricane Belize, British Honduras 1931 J. Theodore Marriner Murdered Beirut, Syria 1937 John M. Slaughter Earthquake Guayaquil 1942 Thomas C. Wasson Shot by Sniper Jerusalem 1948 Douglas S. Mackiernan Killed by Gunfire Tibet 1950 Robert Lee Mikels Burned Attempting to Save Life Pusan, Korea 1951 David LeBreton, Jr. Drowned Saving Lives Tunis 1953 William P. Boteler Killed By Grenade Nicosia, Cyprus 1956 Robert A. McKinnon Tropical Disease Ouagadougou 1961 Barbara A. Robbins Killed in Bombing of Embassy Saigon, Vietnam 1965 Joseph W. Grainger Murdered Vietnam 1965 Joseph R. Rupley Killed by Gunfire Caracas, Venezuela 1965 Dolph B. Owens Vietnam 1960 Jack J. Wells Plane Crash Vietnam 1965 Norman L. Clowers Viet Cong Ambush Vietnam 1966 William D. Smith III Vietnam 1966 Don M. Sjostrom Laos 1967 John R. McLean Laos 1967 Robert K. Franzblau Shot while evacuating refugees Vietnam 1967 Dwight Hall Owen, Jr. Killed by Communist forces Vietnam 1967 Carroll H. Pender Landmine Explosion Vietnam 1967 Frederick J. Abramson Shot during Viet Cong ambush Vietnam 1968 Thomas M. Gompertz Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 John T. McCarthy Died from gunshot wound Vietnam 1968 Kermit J. Krause Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 Jeffrey S. Lundstedt Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 Robert R. Little Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 Stephen H. Miller Vietnam 1968 Hugh C. Lobit Shot by Sniper Vietnam 1968 Richard A. Schenk Landmine Explosion Vietnam 1968 Michael Murphy Viet Cong Ambush Vietnam 1968 John Gordon Mein Shot by Guatemalen rebels Guatemala 1968 George B. Gaines Died from gunshot wounds Vietnam 1969 Robert P. Perry Murdered by Palestinian terrorists Jordan 1970 Dan A. Mitrione Assassinated by Uruguayan rebels Uruguay 1970 Cleo Allen Noel, Jr. Assassinated by Palestinian terrorists Sudan 1973 George Curtis Moore Assassinated by Palestinian terrorists Sudan 1973 Everett D. Reese Killed in action Vietnam 1955 Thomas W. Ragsdale Died while a prisoner of war Vietnam 1967 Donald V. Freeman Shot during hostile fire Vietnam 1967 Albert A. Farkas Pulmonary Embolism following sniper wound Vietnam 1968 Robert W. Brown, Jr. Shot during hostile fire Vietnam 1968 Robert W. Hubbard Killed while trying to escape Viet Cong Vietnam 1968 Joseph B. Smith Landmine Explosion Vietnam 1970 Rudolph Kaiser Viet Cong Ambush Vietnam 1972 John Paul Vann Helicopter Crash Vietnam 1972 John S. Patterson Kidnapped and murdered Mexico 1974 Rodger P. Davies Shot by sniper Cyprus 1974 James C. Marshall Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 Steven A. Haukness Killed in Tet Offensive Vietnam 1968 Charles W. Turberville Killed in Bomb Blast Cambodia 1971 John Patrick Egan Kidnapped and Killed by insurgents Argentina 1975 Charles McMahon Rocket Attack Vietnam 1975 Darwin L. Judge Rocket Attack Vietnam 1975 Thomas Olmstead Pancreatitis Cambodia 1975 Francis E. Meloy, Jr. Assassinated by terrorists Beirut 1976 Robert O. Waring Assassinated by terrorists Beirut 1976 Adolph Dubs Kidnapped and killed by terrorists Kabul 1979 Steven J. Crowley Shot by mob Islamabad 1979 Bryan L. Ellis Burned Attempting to Save Life Islamabad 1979 Charles Robert Ray Assassinated by terrorists Paris 1982 Robert C. Ames Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Thomas R. Blacka Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Phyliss N. Faraci Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Terry L. Gilden Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Kenneth E. Haas Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Deborah M. Hixon Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Frank J. Johnston Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 James F. Lewis Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Monique Lewis Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 William R. McIntyre Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Robert V. McMaugh Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 William R. Sheil Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 Albert N. Votaw Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1983 George Tsantes Killed by Gunshot Athens 1983 Leamon R. Hunt Murdered by Guerillas Rome 1984 Kenneth G. Crabtree Killed in Bombing Namibia 1984 Dennis Whyte Keogh Killed in Bombing Namibia 1984 A. A. Schaufelberger III Shot by insurgents San Salvador 1983 Charles F. Soper New Delhi 1983 Michael Ray Wagner Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1984 Kenneth V. Welch Killed in Bombing of Embassy Beirut 1984 Charles F. Hegna Killed by Gunmen on Plane Tehran 1984 William L. Stanford Killed by Gunmen on PlaneM Tehran 1984 Enrique Camarena Killed by Drug Traffickers Guadalajara 1985 Virginia Warfield New Delhi 1983 Bobby Joe Dickson Shot by Gunmen San Salvador 1985 Thomas T. Handwork Shot by Gunment San Salvador 1985 Patrick R. Kwiatkowski Shot by Gunmen San Salvador 1985 Gregory H. Weber Shot by Gunmen San Salvador 1985 Laurence A. Steinhardt Plane Crash Ottawa 1950 William F. Buckley Kidnapped and killed by terrorists Beirut 1985 William E. Nordeen Car Bombing Athens 1988 Arnold L. Raphel Airplane Explosion Pakistan 1988 Herbert M. Wassom Airplane Explosion Pakistan 1988 Matthew K. Gannon Airplane Bombing Scotland 1988 Ronald A. Lariviere Airplane Bombing Scotland 1988 Daniel E. O'Conner Airplane Bombing Scotland 1988 James N. Rowe Shot by Communists Philippines 1989 John A. Butler Shot in Crossfire Grenada 1989 Gladys D. Gilbert Plane Crash Ethiopia 1989 Robert W. Woods Plane Crash Ethiopia 1989 Thomas J. Worrick Plane Crash Ethiopia 1989 Freddie R. Woodruff Drive-by Shooting Georgia 1993 Barbara L. Schell Helicopter Crash Iraq 1994 Barry S. Castiglione El Salvador 1992 Gary C. Durell Ambushed by terrorists Pakistan 1995 Jacqueline K. Van Landingham Ambushed by terrorists Pakistan 1995 Samuel Nelson Drew Automobile Accident Bosnia 1995 Robert C. Frasure Automobile Accident Bosnia 1995 Joseph J. Kruzel Automobile Accident Bosnia 1995 Ronald H. Brown Plane Crash Croatia 1996 Lee F. Jackson Plane Crash Croatia 1996 Stephen C. Kaminski Plane Crash Croatia 1996 Leslianne Shedd Plane Crash Comoros 1996 Nathan Aliganga Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Julian Leotis Bartley, Sr Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Molly Huckaby Hardy Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Kenneth R. Hobson II Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Prabhi G. Kavaler Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Michelle O’Connor Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Sherry Lynn Olds Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Uttamlal Tom Shan Nairobi Embassy Bombing Kenya 1998 Seth John Foti Plane Crash Bahrain 2000 Philip Thomas Lincoln, Jr.
Automobile Accident China 1996 J. Kirby Simon
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Taiwan 1995 Nancy Ferebee Lewis
Pesticide Poisoning Egypt 1993 Pasqual Martinez Hotel Fire Russia 1991 Robert B. Hebb
Plane Crash Honduras 1989 Edward R. Cheney Plane Crash Philippines 1976 Garnett A. Zimmerly
Plane Crash Philippines 1976 Bruce O. Bailey
Plane Crash Vietnam 1972 Luther A. McLendon, Jr. Plane Crash Vietnam 1972 Livingston Lord Satterthwaite
Helicopter Crash Greenland 1959
William Dale Fisher
Plane Crash Ethiopia 1961
Gustav Crane Hertz
Died of Malaria while held captive Vietnam 1967
Rose Marie Orlich
Killed in an Earthquake Nicaragua 1972
Richard Aitken
Automobile Accident Sudan 1981
Philip Robert Hanson
Plane Crash Togo 1981
James David Marill
Automobile Accident Cameroon 1986
Rebecca Roberts
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Israel 1987
Marie D. Burke
Murdered in home United Kingdom 1989
Thomas P. Doubleday, Jr.
Malaria Liberia 1993
James T. Lederman
Automobile Accident Egypt 1994
Barbara J. Green
Terrorist Attack Pakistan 2002
Laurence M. Foley Terrorist Attack Jordan 2002 Jerry V. Cook Automobile Accident Madagascar 1978 Richard A. Coulter Automobile Accident Iran 1975 Howard V. Funk, Jr. Automobile Accident Kenya 1972 Oscar C. Holder Plane Crash Nepal 1962 Sidney B. Jacques Plane Crash Nepal 1962 James Mollen Terrorist Attack Iraq 2004 Edward J. Seitz Rocket Attack Iraq 2004 John Francis O'Grady Plane Crash Australia 1960 Barbara C. Heald Rocket Attack on US Embassy Iraq 2005 Keith E. Taylor Rocket Attack on US Embassy Iraq 2005 Stephen E. Sullivan Terrorist Attack Iraq 2005 David E. Foy Terrorist Attack Pakistan 2006 Margaret Alexander Helicopter Crash Nepal 2006 Doris Knittle Murdered by Servant Afghanistan 1970 Henry W. Antheil, Jr. Plane Exploded in Mid-Air Estonia 1940 Steven Thomas Stefani, IV Killed by IED Afghanistan 2007 John Michael Granville Vehicle Ambush Sudan 2008 As of May 2008 there are 227 names listed.