Operation Enduring Honor 2023

FALLEN HEROES BEING HONORED IN 2023

Firefighter Dustin Brandhorst  |  Ebenezer Fire Protection District (MO)  |  Last Call: March 18, 2022

Officer Lane Burns  |  Bonne Terre Police Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: March 17, 2022

Officer Seara Burton  |  Richmond Police Department (IN)  |  End of Watch: September 18, 2022

Chief Deputy Jody Cash  |  Calloway County Sheriff's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: May 16, 2022

Firefighter Terry Cassidy  |  Sparta Township Fire Deparment (IN)  |  Last Call: May 26, 2022

EMT Patricia Ann Castle  |  Appalachian First Response (KY)  |  Last Call: February 8, 2007

Officer Jacob Chaffins  |  Prestonsburg Police Department (KY)  |  End of Watch: July 1, 2022

Corporal Ben Cooper  |  Joplin Police Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: March 8, 2022

Chief Kevin Cremer  |  Festus Fire Department (MO)  |  Last Call: January 24, 2022

Deputy James "Jerry" Critchelow  |  Ohio County Sheriff's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: April 20, 2022

Deputy Chief Bruce DeArk  |  Jeffersonville Fire Department (IN)  |  Last Call: February 6, 2022

Chief Jerry Ferrell  |  Monticello Fire Department (KY)  |  Last Call: September 22, 2021

Captain Ralph Frasure  |  Prestonsburg Police Department (KY)  |  End of Watch: June 30, 2022

Deportation Officer William Clark Hayes  |  U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security  |  End of Watch: January 3, 2022

Battalion Chief Rickey Hobbs  |  Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District (MO)  |  Last Call: September 14, 2021

Special Agent James "J.D." Holdman, Jr.  |  U.S. Department of Homeland Security (MO)  |  End of Watch: July 25, 2021

Officer Travis Hurley  |  London Police Department (KY)  |  End of Watch: January 27, 2022

Battalion Chief Johnnie Jacobs  |  Georgetown Fire Department (KY)  |  Last Call: January 9, 2020

Corporal David Jones  |  Benton County Sheriff's Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: April 28, 2022

Chief Donald "Mark" Kisner  |  Hurley Fire Protection District (MO)  |  Last Call: February 7, 2022

Deputy Oliver Little  |  Floyd County Sheriff's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: October 13, 2021

Probation and Parole Officer John Luck  |  Missouri Department of Corrections  |  End of Watch: December 28, 2021

Firefighter John Martin  |  Louisville Fire Department (KY)  |  Last Call: October 12, 2019

Firefighter Sean McAdam  |  Louisville Fire Department (KY)  |  Last Call: May 11, 2022

Deputy Jailer Gregory Lloyd Means  |  Casey County Jailer's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: January 23, 2022

Officer Logan Medlock  |  London Police Department (KY)  |  End of Watch: October 30, 2022

Captain Robert Moore  |  Kennett Fire Department (MO)  |  Last Call: December 4, 2022

Deputy William Petry  |  Floyd County Sheriff's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: June 30, 2022

Lieutenant Mark Pike  |  Taylor County Jailer's Office (KY)  |  End of Watch: May 20, 2022

Firefighter Benjamin Polson  |  Saint Louis Fire Department (MO)  |  Last Call: January 13, 2022

Corrections Officer David Ragle  |  Kentucky Department of Corrections  |  End of Watch: December 19, 2020

Deputy Noah Rainey  |  Carroll County Sheriff's Office (IN)  |  End of Watch: January 29, 2022

Officer Jake Reed  |  Joplin Police Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: March 11, 2022

Chief Don Riffe  |  Jefferson College Police Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: January 20, 2022

Captain/EMT Ernest Ray Rudder  |  Bush Fire Department (KY)  |  Last Call:  September 25, 2021

Deputy Douglas Sanford  |  Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (IN)  |  End of Watch: March 29, 2022

Officer Noah Shahnavaz   |  Elwood Police Department (IN)  |  End of Watch: July 31, 2022

Firefighter Gregory James Thompson  |  Lakeview Heights Fire Protection District (MO)  |  Last Call: January 6, 2022

Officer Daniel Vasquez  |  North Kansas City Police Department (MO)  |  End of Watch: July 19, 2022

Sergeant Janell Visser  |  Miller County Sheriff's Office (MO)  |  End of Watch: January 10, 2022

Correctional Officer Gary Weinke  |  Indiana Department of Corrections  |  End of Watch: April 25, 2020

Paramedic Scott Wood  |  Randolph County Ambulance District (MO)  |  Last Call: July 22, 2022

Chief Bryant Woodard  |  Henderson City-County Rescue Squad (KY)  |  Last Call: May 23, 2021

EMS Pilot Mark Woodcock  |  Air Evac Life Team (KY)  |  Last Call: February 19, 2022

NOTE: 

All who are listed above will be honored at the national memorial service this year for his/her respective field of service (police, fire, or EMS). Some honorees died prior to 2022 but are just now being formally recognized.

Due to the complexities of the approval process, some heroes are not recognized at the national memorial service the year immediately following their sacrifice. Those individuals are typically honored a year later.