The Virginia Public Safety Foundation announced Wednesday that 25 additional Virginia heroes will be added to the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial in Richmond upon its completion. 21 of those names are Norfolk firefighters.
The memorial will contain 868 names of men and women who have died in the line of duty. They will be engraved on the memorial when it is constructed.
When the initial roster was released in December 2012, many of the cases were still being researched, which is why names are still continually being added.
“As we prepare to begin construction of the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial, I am mindful of how many Virginians impacted by line of duty deaths have been waiting for this moment, including so many families in my home of Norfolk,” said Paula Miller, VPSF President and Public Information Officer for Norfolk Sheriff’s Office. “The memorial will honor more Norfolk public safety officers—both police and firefighters—than those representing any other locality in Virginia.”
Added to the list were:
Edward P. Anderson Norfolk Fire Department 2/26/1919
Wesley Erwin Barber, Sr. Norfolk Fire Department 1/16/1975
Thomas A. Barrett Norfolk Fire Department 3/21/1899
Edward Deal Bell Norfolk Fire Department 5/28/1969
Lloyd Munford Chick Norfolk Fire Department 1/27/1936
Robert Davis Fentress Norfolk Fire Department 4/11/1939
Charles Byron Fisher Norfolk Fire Department 10/28/1982
Richard Ried Gaylord Norfolk Fire Department 6/30/1919
Milton Ambrose Gregory, Jr. Norfolk Fire Department 6/30/1919
Allen Clifton Harris Norfolk Fire Department 12/25/1943
Leo George Harris Norfolk Fire Department 12/25/1955
Edward Davis Hodges Norfolk Fire Department 12/12/1910
Grattan C. Landes Harrisonburg Fire Department 12/14/1924
Charles Andrew McCoy Norfolk Fire Department 1/1/1918
William H. Nelson Norfolk Fire Department 1/4/1918
Frank Clark Petty Norfolk Fire Department 1/17/1942
Thomas Wilson Sanderlin, Jr. Norfolk Fire Department 4/11/1951
William Paul Sanderlin Norfolk Fire Department 9/27/1933
Henry Milton Seaton Middleburg Police Department 12/2/1899
Gary Frank Spillars Fairfax County Police Department 10/30/1986
Vernon Earl Stant, Sr. Norfolk Fire Department 2/17/1971
Hardy Claxton Summerlin Norfolk Fire Department 3/6/1972
Charles E. Thomas Norfolk Fire Department 11/27/1949
Harry Martin Thomas Norfolk Fire Department 6/27/1941
Raymond Robert Tysinger Harrisonburg Fire Department 9/5/1950
