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Abate, Jim (McCall 1953)

Adams, Mike (Winthrop 1974)

Allen, Russell "Rusty" (Redmond 1965)

Annala, Frederick W. (Missoula 1947)

Anywaush, Francis E. (Missoula 1946)

Barber, James A. (Missoula)

Barclay, Stanley S. (Missoula)

Bartlett, Herb (Winthrop 1946)

Bauman, Richard (Missoula 1946)

Bennett, Robert J. "Bob" (Missoula 1949)

Bennett, Michael P. (Redding)

Bevan, David W. (Missoula)

Bivin, William (Missoula 1959)

Black, Ozro (Missoula 1946)

Blackwell, Hubert (Missoula)

Bober, Michael (Missoula 1946)

Borgeson, Frank (Pilot)

Bowman, Albert R. (Missoula 1949)

Boyd, David W. (Missoula 1969)

Boyer, Robert"Bob" (Redding 1967)

Braden, Murray (Missoula 1944)

Bradshaw, Richard M. (McCall)

Brady, Patrick "Pat" (Redding)

Brady, Kingdon (King) (Missoula 1946)

Brauer, Fred O. (Missoula 1941)

Brennan, Robert J. (Missoula 1941)

Brown, Leo "Keith" (McCall 1948)

Brown, James "Jim" (Missoula 1946)

Bryce, Paul (Cave Junction)

Bryning, Karl J. (Pilot)

Burgon, Ted (Idaho City)

Burke, Wilbur "Mick" (Missoula 1949)

Burt, David E. (Missoula)

Burton, Ira T. (Missoula 1968)

Butterfield, Larry (Redding 1965)

Caldwell, Robert L. "Bob" (McCall 1946)

Callaway, Milton "Cookie" (Johnson Flying Service pilot)

Carlman, Robert A. (Winthrop)

Carlsen, Wilmer "Bill" (Missoula 1943)

Carpenter, Roy R "Dick" (Missoula 1949)

Carver, William L. "Bill" (Missoula 1947)

Case, Edward T. (McCall 1946)

Case, Benjamin W. (Missoula 1944)

Casieri, Al (Missoula 1952)

Cavill, Arthur (Missoula 1960)

Certain , Doug G. (McCall)

Childers, John (Pilot)

Chiprany, Thomas A."Tom" (McCall 1964)

Christler, Mel (Pilot)

Clark, Beryl (Idaho City)

Clark, Robert (Pilot)

Clark, James R. (Missoula 1964)

Clemensen, Charles (Cave Junction 1948)

Comstock, Don D. (Missoula)

Conklin, Richard j. (Missoula)

Conner, Wilson B. "Ben" (North Cascades 1948)

Conte, Mark (Tanker Pilot)

Cook, Pierce W. "Bill" (Missoula 1948)

Cook, Ralph R. (Missoula 1953)

Cope, Ernest (Redding 1969)

Corney, Glenn (Missoula 1943)

Cowan, John L. (Pilot)

Cramer, Robert G. (Missoula 1946)

Crane, Walter E. "Bud" (Missoula)

Crane, Thomas (Tom) (Fairbanks 1962)

Cravens, Larry F. (Fairbanks)

Crowder, David L. (Missoula 1959)

Croxton, Ralph J. (Missoula 1951)

Cupp, Cecil L. (Redding 1968)

Davidson, Roger (McCall 1947)

Davis, Arden (Fairbanks 1966)

Davis, Berle E. (Missoula 1948)

Davis, John T. (North Cascades 1966)

Dean, Douglas M. (McCall 1985)

DeGuire, Michael A. (Missoula 1974)

Delano, Janes H. (Missoula)

Derry, Virgil "Bus" (Winthrop 1939)

Derry, Chet (Missoula)

Derry, Frank (Winthrop)

DeVoe, Albert H. (Cave Junction 1947)

Dewey, James E. (Missoula 1950)

Dieffenbach, Charles (Missoula)

Diettert, Eldon E. (Missoula 1949)

Dillingham, Richard A. (Missoula 1959)

Dirks, Clarence (Missoula 1945)

Dobbins, Wallace J. (Missoula 1947)

Dodge, Wagner R. "Wag" (Missoula)

Dominick, Paul L. (Cave Junction 1951)

Dotz, Frank R. (Missoula 1949)

Down, Eldon R. (Pilot)

Duel, Thad (McCall 1956)

Duffy, Donald L. (North Cascades 1960)

Dunn, Ronald E. (McCall)

Dunn, Robert H. (Missoula)

Dunning, Gary (Fairbanks 1966)

Durland, Donald M. (Missoula 1947)

Dutton, Delos (Missoula)

Dysart, Charles "Chuck" (Missoula 1953)

Elliott, Jack B. (McCall 1947)

Ellison, Warren J. (Pilot)

Elms, James R. (Jim) (Missoula 1959)

Engstrom, Charles "Chuck" (Missoula 1955)

Entwistle, Dale A. (Missoula 1944)

Eubanks, Darrel "Yogie" (Idaho City 1954)

Evans, Charles W. "Charlie" (Missoula)

Evans, James W. (Missoula 1946)

Faurot, Richard A. (Missoula 1952)

Fenno, Mark (Robert) (NCSB 1968)

Ferguson, John P. (McCall 1943)

Fickle, Dale E. (McCall 1945)

Fielding, Earl (Redding 1965)

Fish, Howard "Bud" (Missoula 1951)

Flaccus, David P. (Missoula)

Fleming, Robert D. (North Cascades 1954)

Flick, Art (Missoula 1953)

Flink, William "Bill" (Missoula 1942)

Florin, Henry J. "Hank" (Missoula 1946)

Fogarty, William R. (Missoula 1957)

Fogg (Pilot), Bob (Mc Call)

Fowler, Hugh H. (Missoula 1947)

French, Thomas L. (McCall 1975)

Gabiola, James F. (McCall 1954)

Gallup, Robert D. (Missoula 1954)

Garber, Aubrey L. (Missoula)

Garber, John E. (McCall 1945)

Garner, John D. (Smokejumper Pilot)

Garrett, Paul F. Sr. (Pendleton 1945)

Gennette, Thomas L. "Tom" (McCall 1950)

Goehry, Robert "Mike" (Redmond 1967)

Graber, Harold (Missoula 1944)

Graham, Allan (McCall 1964)

Grammer, Steve (Redding)

Granquist, Gary W. (Redmond)

Gray, Albert (Cave Junction 1945)

Greentree, Wallace J. (Missoula 1953)

Greiner, Sam (Missoula)

Grenlin, Lester "Les" (Missoula 1946)

Gropp, Howard M. (Missoula 1942)

Gunter, Chris (Redding 2001)

Guy, Edward E. (McCall 1960)

Hackmeister, Marvin (Whitey) (Pilot)

Hain, James T. "Jim" (Missoula 1944)

Hall, Warren (Short) (Missula 1949)

Hammer (Pilot), Loren (NCSB)

Handrich, Willard D. (Missoula 1945)

Harnish Jr., John L. (Cave Junction 1945)

Harper, John J. (Missoula, 1969)

Harrington, Bob (Winthrop)

Harrison, James O. "Jim" (Missoula 1947)

Harrison, Reed K. (Missoula)

Hayes, Lowell (Missoula 1953)

Healam, Chuck (Winthrop 1979)

Heare, Ken (Missoula 1979)

Hegland, Alman W. "Bill" (Missoula 1948)

Hellman, William J. "Bill" (Missoula 1946)

Helmer, Gerald "Jerry" (Winthrop 1953)

Henderson, Arthur A. (Missoula 1950)

Hendrickson, Keith "Gus" (Winthrop 1947)

Henry, William G. "Bill" (Missoula 1949)

Henry, Edward L. (Missoula 1995)

Hermes, Edwin T. (Missoula 1953)

Hershberger, Jonas (Missoula 1945)

Hester, Billy K. (Missoula 1958)

Hofer, Jerry (McCall)

Holdeman, Ivan E. (Missoula 1945)

Honey, George Phillip (Winthrop 1940)

Horton, Marion (Idaho City 1963)

Hoylman, Arthur S. (Cave Junction 1945)

Hunter, Ernest L. (Idaho City 1968)

Hurst, Randle M. “Randy” (Missoula 1954)

Huset, Oliver (Missoula 1944)

Hutchinson, Virgil H. (NCSB 1951)

Hyde, Larry (Winthrop)

Iten, George (Missoula 1944)

Jackson, James C. (Missoula 1944)

Janus, Joseph J. (Missoula)

Jenkins, Hugh (Missoula 1949)

Jensen, Marshall (Missoula 1944)

Jensen, Arthur (Missoula)

Johnson, Miles L. (McCall 1953)

Johnson, Carl A. (Idaho City)

Johnson, Clifford R. (Missoula)

Johnson, William “Kay” (North Cascades 1954)

Johnson, Carl Dean (North Cascades 1957)

Johnston, Jack (Winthrop 1951)

Jones, Edgar R. (Cave Junction 1964)

Jori, Henry O. "Hank" (Pilot)

Julander, Rollo "Jule" (Missoula 1950)

Kaarhus, Gudmond (Cave Junction)

Kahler, Lee (NCSB 1946)

Kaufman, Robert L. (Missoula 1945)

Keating, William D. "Bill" (McCall 1979)

Keith, Archie (Missoula 1945)

Kellogg, Brian Patrick "Pat" (Missoula 1979)

Kelso, Jon R. (Missoula 1991)

Kester, Bob (Cave Junction 1955)

Kibbee, Frank (Missoula 1960)

King, Lloyd E. (Missoula 1944)

King, Curtis (Redding 1976)

Kinney, Bruce (Missoula 1968)

Kittell, Ira J. "Ted" (Missoula 1949)

Knapp, Lloyd A. (Missoula 1949)

Knudson, Maurice (Missoula 1952)

Koester, Tim (Cave Junction)

Kovaleff, Paul (Cave Junction 1948)

Kramis, Walt (Missoula)

Kroeger, Bill (Redding)

Krout, Leonard (Missoula)

Kruse, Raymond (Missoula 1948)

Larkin, Jim (Pilot)

Larrinaga, Louie (McCall 1947)

Lawson, James L. (Redmond)

Leaderer, Steve (Redding 1975)

Leavitt, George S. (Missoula 1944)

Lee, Joseph "Joe" (Missoula 1949)

Lehman, Richard N. (Dick) (Missoula 1945)

Leicht, Rodney W. “Red” (Missoula 1952)

Lepley, Tom (Missoula)

Lewis, John L. "Tex" (McCall 1953)

Lewis, Tedford P. (Missoula 1943)

Liston, David John (Fairbanks 1998)

Littell, Wallace W. (Missoula 1944)

Litvin, Martin V. (Missoula 1965)

Logan, Charles Dean (Pilot)

Looper, Orville C. (Cave Junction 1949)

Lowman, Ben J. (Missoula 1968)

Lufkin, Francis (Winthrop 1939)

Lundrigan, Merle (Missoula)

Lycklama, Lester (McCall)

Lynch, Daniel T. (North Cascades 1958)

Lynch, John D. "Denny" (Pilot)

MacDonald, William Z. (Missoula 1953)

Madar, Joseph R. (Pilot)

Malone, Michael E. (Missoula 1953)

Malroy, Fred G. (Missoula 1956)

Manchester, Robert W. (Missoula 1946)

Marshall, Cliff (Cave Junction)

Mart, Roy (Missoula)

Martin, Bill (La Grande)

Martinez, Jerry M. (Redding 1977)

Martinson, Edward I. (Missoula 1947)

Maryott, Douglas B. (Missoula 1971)

Mason, Calvin O. (Pendleton 1945)

Mast Jr., William H. (Missoula 1968)

Matheson, Gordon H. (Missoula 1947)

Mathews, Wayne (Missoula)

Mattson, Matt (Missoula)

Mays, Edgar D. (Winthrop 1951)

McBride, Ben (Idaho City 1963)

McClung, Richard (Missoula)

McCormick, James "Jim" (McCall 1948)

McCullough, Michael (Missoula 1956)

McDonald, Ted (Missoula 1947)

McDonald, Steve (Associate)

McGee, James B. (McCall)

McGinnis, Ronald J. (Missoula 1968)

McGrath, W. Thomas (Tom) (Missoula 1957)

McKeen, Cliff (Cave Junction 1958)

McPike, Roger (McCall 1953)

McVey, Philip R. (Missoula 1948)

Mey, William (Bill) (Pilot)

Michaelson, Doug (Missoula 1950)

Miller, Spence (McCall 1952)

Miller, Dennis (Missoula 1952)

Mishler, Harry A. "Bub" (Missoula 1943)

Moffett, Richard (Missoula)

Moncrief, Ellis (Idaho City 1951)

Montgomery, Malcolm (Missoula)

Morgan, Robert S. (Missoula)

Morgan, Lawrence R. (Missoula 1944)

Murry, Austin (Art) J. (Cave Junction pilot)

Musburger, Leo (Missoula)

Nash, John E. "Jack" (Missoula 1942)

Navon, David R. (Missoula 1949)

Navon, David R. (Missoula 1949)

Neal, Harry (Winthrop)

Neeling, John (Missoula 1985)

Neely, Ron (Winthrop)

Nellist, Edward L. (Missoula 1969)

Neufeld, Elmer W. (Cave Junction 1944)

Neufeld, Frank E. (Cave Junction 1944)

Newton, Gid (Cave Junction)

Nicholson, Edward "Nick" (Missoula 1960)

Noel, Harry E. (Missoula 1948)

Norrod, Stephen (MYC 1978)

Northcott, Melvin R. (North Cascades 1955)

Nott, Avery “Jack” (Missoula 1947)

Nurse, Edward (Missoula 1948)

Nuss, Stuart (Missoula 1979)

Nye, Stan (Pilot)

Nystrom, Jerry (Missoula 1956)

Odom, Frank L. (McCall 1963)

Oertli, Herb (Missoula)

Ogle, Clayton "Clayt" (Missoula 1946)

Ohlson, Verland "Swede" (Missoula 1949)

Oro, Max (Missoula)

Orr, Conrad O. Jr. "Connie" (Missoula 1953)

Owen, Allen D. "Mouse" (Cave Junction 1970)

Parker, Dennis (Missoula)

Parker, John (Redding 1967)

Pearce, Jim "Jimmy" (Fairbanks 1969)

Pennington, Richard "Dick" (Missoula 1948)

Peterman, Dean (Missoula)

Peterson, Richard A. "Paperlegs" (McCall 1947)

Peterson, Daniel C. (Dan) (Fairbanks)

Petty, Karl J. (Redmond 1971)

Pfeifer, Theodore N. (Missoula 1945)

Phifer, Gregg (Missoula 1944)

Pilgeram, Allan C. (Missoula)

Pilkey, Walter D. (Missoula 1955)

Pino, Ernest J. "Buck" (Winthrop 1956)

Piper, Leonard L. (Missoula 1949)

Polutnik, Francis L. (Missoula 1952)

Poole, Thomas (Missoula 1942)

Post, Rex (Missoula 1954)

Putnam, James (Winthrop 1948)

Rainey, Jesse L. (McCall)

Ramsay, Stanley D. "Stan" (McCall 1958)

Rea, Lonnie Curlee (McCall)

Reba, Stanley J. (Missoula 1948)

Reed, Robert E. (McCall 1946)

Regennitter, Tom (Redding 1967)

Rehfeldt, Richard F. "Dick" (Missoula 1943)

Reishus, Karl (Fairbanks 1983)

Reppeto, Keith (Redmond)

Richards, Harold R. "Dick" (Missoula 1942)

Rieger, Paul (Missoula)

Riffe, Cecil Owen (Cave Junction 1960)

Rinard, John E. (McCall 1947)

Risken, William (Missoula 1949)

Rivera, Ray (Winthrop)

Roberts, John G. (McCall)

Robinson, Barry (Missoula 1961)

Robinson, Samuel W. (PNOR 1945)

Roe, H. Dwayne (Missoula 1955)

Roemer, Joseph J. (Missoula 1952)

Rolf, Jon A. (Missoula)

Roosa, Stuart A. (Cave Junction)

Ross, Timothy T. (North Cascades 1974)

Ross, Tim (NCSB 1974)

Roth, Kenneth W. (McCall 1946)

Rozeboom, Gerrit (Cave Junction 1943)

Rumsey, Walter (Missoula 1949)

Saltsman, David W. (Missoula)

Salyer, Ken N. "Moose" (McCall 1954)

Sanders, Frank C. (Missoula)

Schanz, Kary (Missoula 1975)

Schas, Dave (McCall 1948)

Schenck, Ray B. (Missoula)

Schlabach, Abe (Missoula 1945)

Schlaefli, Robert P. “Bob” (Tanker Pilot)

Schlegel, John (Missoula 1954)

Schmidt, Carl H. (North Cascades 1948)

Scholtz, Ed (Pilot)

Scott, John E. (Missoula 1944)

Secrist, Dewey (Missoula 1948)

Shaffer, Brian (Redding 1959)

Sharp, Gary (Cave Junction 1967)

Sherman, Marvin L. "Dick" (Missoula 1949)

Shetler, Maynard (Missoula 1945)

Shier, Neil T. (Cave Junction 1946)

Sisler, George K. "Ken" (Winthrop)

Slagle, David H. (Cave Junction 1959)

Smith, Mike R. (Missoula 1969)

Smith, Tommy R. (Cave Junction)

Smith, Walter M. (NIFC 1971)

Smith, George E. (Idaho City 1962)

Sommers, Dean (Missoula 1945)

Soto, Sonny (Missoula 1992)

Southard, Harry (Missoula 1948)

Sparks, Calvin R. "Bob" (Missoula 1952)

Spencer , John S. “Jack” (Missoula 1952)

St Clair, Barnard (McCall 1948)

Stamm, Todd Jeffrey (Missoula 1991)

Stevenson, Willard "Willie' (McCall)

Stokes, Walter S. (Pendleton 1945)

Stoll, Rudy J. "Skip" (Missoula 1951)

Stover, James B. (McCall 1946)

Streich, Eldon (Missoula)

Sutherland, Dean (Winthrop 1949)

Swain, Charles N. "Chuck" (Missoula 1951)

Sweden, Dale (Missoula)

Sweet, Don (Missoula 1952)

Swenson, Boyd (Missoula 1948)

Swift, Eldo "Mick" (Cave Junction 1956)

Swift, Dennis D. (Missoula 1950)

Sylvia, Joseph B. (Missoula 1948)

Syverson, Phil (Anchorage 1971)

Talbot, Robert Jay "Rob" (Missoula 1969)

Taylor, Matt (Grangeville 2002)

Thol, Henry J. (Missoula 1949)

Thompson, Silas R. (Missoula 1948)

Thornton, Darold C. (Winthrop, 1969)

Thorsrud, Edgar L. (Missoula 1942)

Thybony, John (NIFC 1976)

Toews, Harold J. (Missoula 1944)

Tomasheski, John F. (Missoula 1952)

Tower, Wallace “Wally” (Pilot)

Tracy, Richard (Missoula 1953)

Train, Burt (Pilot)

Trotter, Sherwood C. "Johnny" (Winthrop 1955)

Tucker, Loy A. (Cave Junction)

Tuininga, Gene M. (Missoula 1951)

Tweedy, Frank K. (Idaho City)

Twohig, Dan (Missoula 1979)

Unruh, Donald R. (Missoula)

Unsoeld, Willi (Cave Junction 1950)

Vail, Edwin (Missoula 1944)

Vogt, Cornelius (McCall)

Voorhees, Donald A. (McCall 1948)

Waite, Jim V. (Missoula 1940)

Walkup, Robert H. "Bob" (Missoula 1950)

Wallace, William V. (McCall 1943)

Warford, Roger P. (Missoula 1946)

Webb, Wayne R. (McCall 1946)

Weinmann, Harold J. (Hal) (North Cascades 1947)

Weisenback, Edward (Redmond)

Wenger, Roy (CPS-103 Administrator)

Westcott, James A. "Jimmie" (Winthrop 1957)

Weter, Donald E. (Redding)

Wetherell, George A. (Pilot)

Wheeler, W. Paul (North Cascades 1962)

Whisman, Stewart (Missoula)

White, John K. (Missoula)

Whitt, Charles R. (McCall 1946)

Wilcock, John M. “Jack” (McCall 1946)

Wilde, Paul F. (McCall 1946)

Wilde, Ralph E. (McCall 1946)

Williams, Kimbuck (Missoula 1952)

Williams, Gary G. (Missoula)

Williams, Ovid M. (Missoula 1955)

Wilson, Gerald D (Jerry) (Pilot)

Wilson, Carl (Missoula 1952)

Wirachowski, Leo (Redding)

Wittke, Darrell (Missoula 1989)

Wood, Stephen J. (Winthrop 1952)

Woodward, Fred V. (Missoula 1952)

York, Herbert J. (Missoula 1946)

Zander, Rey D. (Winthrop)

Zimmerman, Merlo (Missoula 1944)


 

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