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Memorial Day 2011
By Erica Burman on Saturday, May 28th, 2011
The plaque at Peace Corps headquarters commemorating those Volunteers who have died while in service.
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember those who have given their lives to defend our country in times of war, we at the National Peace Corps Association ask that you also pause to honor those Peace Corps Volunteers, staff, and Returned Volunteers who have lost their lives far from home while in service to the ideals of a world shaped in peace and understanding.
You can read the names of the 278 Peace Corps Volunteers who have died in
service over the past 50 years below. You can also visit the website of the Fallen Peace Corps Volunteers Memorial Project, which provides additional information.
In the fall 2009 issue of WorldView magazine, we published a story about how the family of Tessa Horan, a Peace Corps Volunteer who lost her life in Tonga, has taken that tragedy and translated it into a force for good: The Tessa Horan Foundation. You can read this uplifting story here.
| David Crozier | Colombia | 1962 |
| Lawrence Radley | Colombia | 1962 |
| David Mulholland | Philippines | 1962 |
| Dale Swenson | Brazil | 1962 |
| Nancy Boyd | Philippines | 1963 |
| Phillip Maggard | Philippines | 1963 |
| Frederick Detjen | Colombia | 1963 |
| Roger McManus | Philippines | 1963 |
| Bruce McKeen | Nepal | 1964 |
| Cynthia Myers | India | 1964 |
| Joy Darling | Bolivia | 1965 |
| Don Humphrey | Chile | 1965 |
| Stanley Kowalczyk | Nigeria | 1965 |
| Francis Kirking | Iran | 1965 |
| Gareth Simmons | Dominican Rep. | 1965 |
| Robert Zech | Dominican Rep. | 1965 |
| James Hughes | Ecuador | 1965 |
| John Parrott | Kenya | 1965 |
| Johnnes Vonfoerster | Nigeria | 1965 |
| James Driscoll | Togo | 1965 |
| Judith Corley | Cameroon | 1965 |
| Curtis Larson | Ecuador | 1966 |
| Peverly Kinsey | Tanzania | 1966 |
| William Olson | Ethiopia | 1966 |
| Florice Barnum | Togo | 1966 |
| Paul Bond | Ecuador | 1966 |
| Gerald Flynn | Ecuador | 1966 |
| Troy Ross | Peru | 1966 |
| Thomas Hassett | Nepal | 1966 |
| James Redmann | E. Caribbean | 1966 |
| Thomas Ashton | Iran | 1966 |
| Lowell Dunn | Thailand | 1966 |
| Robert Weland | Nepal | 1966 |
| Henry George Shine | Nigeria | 1966 |
| Diane Nitahara | Nigeria | 1966 |
| David Larson | Dominican Rep. | 1967 |
| Dennis Pearson | Turkey | 1967 |
| Marcia Pearson | Turkey | 1967 |
| Roseanne Crimmins * | India | 1967 |
| William Reiser | Ghana | 1967 |
| Bruce Gould | Philippines | 1967 |
| James Stout, Jr. | Morocco | 1967 |
| Peter Nelson | Iran | 1967 |
| Susan Traub | Ethiopia | 1967 |
| John Blum | India | 1967 |
| Mark Raymaker | Tanzania | 1968 |
| Alexei Zbitnoff | El Salvador | 1968 |
| Salvador Vazquez | Colombia | 1968 |
| John O’Brien | Fiji | 1968 |
| John Beckner | Malaysia | 1968 |
| Virginia Zink | Nigeria | 1968 |
| William Ackerman | Colombia | 1968 |
| Thomas Laffey | Malawi | 1968 |
| William Hellyer | India | 1968 |
| Patrick O’Reilly | El Salvador | 1969 |
| Michael Kotzian | Colombia | 1969 |
| Henry Shuler | India | 1969 |
| Jeannette Stafford | Philippines | 1969 |
| Sandra Smith | Bolivia | 1969 |
| Susan Losikoff | Malaysia | 1969 |
| Henry Farrar | Afghanistan | 1969 |
| Frederick Schwartz | Swaziland | 1970 |
| Susan Davey | Liberia | 1970 |
| Marilyn McKay | Liberia | 1970 |
| Martha Merrill | Liberia | 1970 |
| John Willis | Jamaica | 1970 |
| David McCarthy | Micronesia | 1970 |
| Judith Bosch | Iran | 1970 |
| Gail Gross | Peru | 1970 |
| Marie Clutterbuck | Peru | 1970 |
| Daniel Jandorf | Malaysia | 1970 |
| Susan Rodgers | Kenya | 1970 |
| David Bogenschneider | Kenya | 1970 |
| Paul Overholtzer | Mauritius | 1970 |
| Joseph Nonnemacker | Micronesia | 1970 |
| Ronald Kuhn | Sierra Leone | 1971 |
| Kalman Hahn | Ghana | 1971 |
| Philip Holland | India | 1971 |
| Agatha Thornton | Liberia | 1971 |
| Ann Kenney | Micronesia | 1971 |
| Richard Leahy | Ecuador | 1971 |
| Marsha Ragno | Liberia | 1971 |
| Robert Whitfield | Ghana | 1971 |
| Valeria Roberts | Liberia | 1971 |
| Michael Periard | Liberia | 1971 |
| James Henrietta | Liberia | 1971 |
| Linda Manke | Kenya | 1971 |
| Terry Lawyer | Togo | 1971 |
| Dennis Ota | Togo | 1972 |
| Robert Ritger | Ecuador | 1972 |
| Alan C. Banner | W. Samoa | 1972 |
| James Weeks | Mauritius | 1972 |
| James Ryan | Ethiopia | 1972 |
| Louis Morton | Uganda | 1972 |
| William Challed | Iran | 1972 |
| Paul Spratt | Zaire | 1972 |
| Elizabeth Aldrich | Kenya | 1972 |
| William L. West | Kenya | 1972 |
| Robert Lillig | Nepal | 1972 |
| Craig Pollock | Ecuador | 1973 |
| John Davidson | Ecuador | 1972 |
| Steven Messer | Costa Rica | 1973 |
| Linda Fink | Zaire | 1973 |
| Rene Courtway | Benin | 1973 |
| Wilburn Johnson | Senegal | 1973 |
| Gregory V. Baker | Dominican Rep. | 1973 |
| Roderic Turner | Ethiopia | 1973 |
| Linda Robinson | Niger | 1973 |
| Dennis Pfost | Peru | 1974 |
| Bethanne Bahler | Jamaica | 1974 |
| Denise Blake | Afghanistan | 1974 |
| Denise Rosser | Cote d’Ivoire | 1974 |
| Robert Parker | Dominican Rep. | 1974 |
| Curtis Jacoby | Dominican Rep. | 1974 |
| Gerald Robillard | Zaire | 1974 |
| Robert Pastuszak | Cote d’Ivoire | 1975 |
| Jacqueline Chezem | Costa Rica | 1975 |
| Grace Russomanno | Liberia | 1975 |
| Diane Fahey | Liberia | 1975 |
| Harold Summers | Benin | 1975 |
| Cecil Perkins | E. Caribbean | 1975 |
| Barbara Christie | Benin | 1975 |
| Stephen Hamer | Malaysia | 1975 |
| Roy Prior | Honduras | 1975 |
| Thomas Cronin | Philippines | 1975 |
| H. Benjamin Gamber | Kenya | 1975 |
| Thomas Carpenter | Sierra Leone | 1976 |
| George Bradfield | Chile | 1976 |
| James Hoffman | Liberia | 1976 |
| Charles Pinney | Malaysia | 1976 |
| Stephen Malone | E. Caribbean | 1976 |
| Roseanne Provini | Honduras | 1976 |
| Paul Johnson | Guatemala | 1976 |
| Robert Davis | Burkina Faso | 1976 |
| Richard Mulvihill | Cameroon | 1976 |
| June Cross | Liberia | 1976 |
| Deborah Gardner | Tonga | 1976 |
| Polly Zimmerman | Morocco | 1976 |
| Louise Wolf | Morocco | 1976 |
| Gary Wilcox | Fiji | 1977 |
| Florence Krok | Kenya | 1977 |
| Lester Gliessman | Kenya | 1978 |
| Jerry Bryan | Brazil | 1978 |
| Christopher Luecke | Liberia | 1978 |
| Richard Kelly | Belize | 1978 |
| Robert Warren | Honduras | 1978 |
| Christine Thompson | Ecuador | 1978 |
| Robert Jonas | Colombia | 1978 |
| Robert McFate | Chile | 1978 |
| Dennis Stilson | E. Caribbean | 1978 |
| Robert Benson | Tonga | 1978 |
| Robert Owens | Morocco | 1978 |
| Debora White | Togo | 1978 |
| Eugene Galgas | Ghana | 1978 |
| Timothy Matthews | Sierra Leone | 1979 |
| Lois Ann Lane | The Gambia | 1979 |
| Thomas Lockhart | Sierra Leone | 1980 |
| Lynne Masover | Fiji | 1980 |
| Marian Baciewicz | Ghana | 1980 |
| Mitchell Woodward | Ecuador | 1980 |
| Thomas LeSuer | Lesotho | 1980 |
| David Rubin | Micronesia | 1980 |
| Diana Fillmore | Gabon | 1980 |
| Theodore Cooper | Philippines | 1981 |
| Harry Hushaw | Thailand | 1981 |
| Philip Cyr | Nepal | 1981 |
| Margaret Carmona | Philippines | 1981 |
| Daniel Greenwald | Phillipines | 1981 |
| Brian Edens | Senegal | 1981 |
| Janis Hyatt | Swaziland | 1981 |
| John Marshall | Mali | 1981 |
| Paul Chaljub | Chile | 1981 |
| Marshal Haggard | Nepal | 1981 |
| Jeanne Corbin | Jamaica | 1981 |
| Darryl Adkins | Jamaica | 1981 |
| Bridgette McClellan | The Gambia | 1981 |
| Steven Presnal | Ecuador | 1982 |
| Robert Long | Liberia | 1983 |
| Kimberly Morken | Botswana | 1983 |
| Joseph Sheriff | Microsnesia | 1983 |
| Michael Wood | Guatemala | 1983 |
| Kathryn Crotty | Mali | 1983 |
| Diana Hess | Kenya | 1983 |
| Terry Strong | Lesotho | 1983 |
| Mark Edstrand | Niger | 1983 |
| James Wood | Togo | 1983 |
| Shaun O’Brien | Philippines | 1984 |
| Mark Streb | Niger | 1984 |
| Jennifer Rubin | Togo | 1984 |
| Ronald Cecchini | Thailand | 1984 |
| Charles Turner | Philippines | 1984 |
| William Mathis, Jr. | Zaire | 1984 |
| Peter Wolfe | Guatemala | 1984 |
| Lesa Sanftleben | Lesotho | 1984 |
| William Schaffer | Nepal | 1984 |
| John Wright | Ecuador | 1985 |
| Audrey Copeland | Ecuador | 1985 |
| Raymond Kruger | Morocco | 1985 |
| Audrey Smith | Philippines | 1985 |
| Joseph Teates | Guatemala | 1987 |
| Scott Glotfelty | Togo | 1988 |
| Danuta Kossowska | Thailand | 1988 |
| Matthew Sherman | Honduras | 1988 |
| Andrew Karrer | Micronesia | 1988 |
| Brenda Crawford | Swaziland | 1988 |
| Juanita Quiton | Swaziland | 1988 |
| Steven Butler | Tunisia | 1988 |
| Michelle Drabiski | Paraguay | 1989 |
| Dorothy Osborne | Dominican Rep. | 1989 |
| Margaret Schutzius | Chad | 1989 |
| Daniel Ohl | Kenya | 1990 |
| David Schaeffer | Tanzania | 1990 |
| David Edwards | Namibia | 1991 |
| Gloey Wiseman | Bolivia | 1991 |
| Susan Harding | Cote d’Ivoire | 1992 |
| Varina Rogers | Malawi | 1992 |
| William Nordmann | Nepal | 1992 |
| Mary Johnson | China | 1993 |
| Karren Waid | Togo | 1993 |
| Michele Sylvester | Senegal | 1993 |
| Layne Pfaffenberger | Guatemala | 1993 |
| Thomas Barakatt | W. Samoa | 1994 |
| Lucille Raimondo | Guatemala | 1995 |
| Donald Weber | Hungary | 1995 |
| Andrew Shippee * | Cameroon | 1995 |
| Jeffrey Orton | Niger | 1995 |
| Laura Stedman * | Swaziland | 1996 |
| Nancy Coutu | Madagascar | 1996 |
| Robert Lindstrom * | Poland | 1996 |
| Annika Rodriguez | Honduras | 1996 |
| Krystin Scharninghausen | Namibia | 1996 |
| Jeremy Rolfs | Lesotho | 1997 |
| Elizabeth Livingston | Costa Rica | 1997 |
| Jeremiah Mack | Niger | 1997 |
| Chad Nettescheim | Dominican Rep. | 1997 |
| Kevin Leveille | Cote d’Ivoire | 1998 |
| Joie Kallison | Namibia | 1998 |
| Timothy Simpson * | Nepal | 1998 |
| Robert Bock | Philippines | 1998 |
| Etienne Victor Verloo | Ukraine | 1998 |
| Kathryn MacGillivary | Malawi | 1998 |
| Karen Phillips | Gabon | 1998 |
| Helene Hill | Namibia | 1999 |
| Brian Krow | Ukraine | 1999 |
| Justin Bhansali | Guinea | 2000 |
| Jesse Thyne | Guinea | 2000 |
| William DiDiego | Cote d’Ivoire | 2000 |
| Judith Pasmore | Lesotho | 2000 |
| Jennifer Rose | Malawi | 2000 |
| Natalie Waldinger | Tanzania | 2001 |
| Carlos Amador | El Salvador | 2001 |
| Wyatt Pillsbury | Tanzania | 2001 |
| Jang Lee | Uzbekistan | 2001 |
| Larisa Jaffe | Zimbabwe | 2001 |
| Susan Fagan * | Ghana | 2001 |
| Elizabeth Bowers | Zambia | 2002 |
| Zack Merrill | Mali | 2003 |
| Gregor V. Baker | Ecuador | 2004 |
| Meagan R. Vaughan * | Mali | 2004 |
| Melissa Mosvick | Morocco | 2004 |
| Patricia Scatoloni | Macedonia | 2005 |
| Stephen Lotti * | Bolivia | 2005 |
| Wyatt Ammon | Zambia | 2005 |
| Tessa Horan | Tonga | 2006 |
| Justin Brady | Mali | 2006 |
| Matthew Costa | Mali | 2006 |
| Julia Campbell | Philippines | 2007 |
| Marilyn Foss | China | 2007 |
| John D. Roberts | Vanuatu | 2007 |
| Blythe Ann O’Sullivan | Suriname | 2007 |
| Catherine “Cathy” Saltwick | Botswana | 2008 |
| Bertie Lee Murphy | Belize | 2008 |
| Catherine Puzey | Benin | 2009 |
| John Chow | Tanzania | 2009 |
| So-Youn Kim | Morocco | 2009 |
| Thomas “Tom” Maresco | Lesotho | 2010 |
| Stephanie Chance | Niger | 2010 |
| Cannon Stamm | China | 2011 |
| Walter Poirier (Missing) | Bolivia | 2001 |
(* died very shortly following Close of Service, often in-country and/or of service-related causes)
In 1964, Harvey Hartley died in the Dominican Republic just after he COSed there.
Thomas Hassett, who died in Nepal in 1966, was a friend of mine, he was actually on his way to see me when he drowned in a creek that had become a raging torrent, following some heavy rainfall. I am wondering whether he had siblings or other relatives, who are still alive and who would like to get in touch with me.