Fallen Firefighters

We wish to honor and remember the bravery and sacrifice of the Tennessee firefighters who gave their lives while serving their communities and fellow Tennesseans.

Included among the fallen are 16 of our own Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry wildland firefighters:

Herman Carden, 1954
Kenneth Pierce, 1954
Jerry Woods, 1954
Clarence Edward Laymance, 1972
James Lee Graham, 1979
Frank Willie Walker, 1980
Eugene Nation, 1981
William H. Shields, 1981
Robert K. Bell, 1986
Henry Frizzell, 1995
Ronnie Wilson, 1995
Harold "Bear" Strode, 2001
Jerry Wayne Hopper, 2005
Mark Stanley, 2006
M. L. Hopper, 2007
Jerry Campbell, 2014

We are thankful for their lives and humbled by their sacrifice.