Section One

Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Deaths.
  The International Association Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Wall Colorado Springs, Colorado
Submitted to the IAFF by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 341
Any Questions concerning this list, please email me: scottmell@att.net

Total of 155 Firefighters Cassified as an IAFF Presumptive

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Always Remember to Never Forget
 June 12, 2010
Captain Grover Cleveland "Jeep" Adams
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFFFallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 2, 2017
   Chauffeur Leslie Carroll Adkins 
Cancer: Esophageal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018
  
Always Remember to Never Forget
  August 10, 2005
 Firefoghter Jerry Wayne Anderson 
Cancer: Head and Kneck
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019
 
 Always Remember to Never Forget
December16, 2025
  Firefighter Brandy Sharde Allinience  
Cancer:
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2026
  
Always Remember to Never Forget
  September 9, 2005
   Firefighter Thomas Gayton "Tom" Arfele Jr.  
 Cancer: Leukemia
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023


Always Remember to Never Forget
  October 28, 2023
  Captain Jesse Edwin Arnold  
 Cancer: Pancreatic
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2025


Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 31, 1994
 Dispatcher Julius Frank "Bubba" Arto 
Cancer: Colon
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 2, 2002   
    Chauffeur Joseph Austin Ary 
 Cancer: Pancreatic
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016


Always Remember to Never Forget
  February 22, 2017
   Frefighter Forest Adkins "Chip" Bailey Jr. 
Cancer: Skin
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
  
Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 8, 2001 
Chauffeur William Ernest "Bill" Bandy  
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 5, 1999
   Dispatcher Edward Wilkins Barfield 
Cancer: Spinal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 11, 1987
 Senior Captain Howard Joseph Barras 
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 Jananuary 1, 2009
   Senior Captain Tracy Birkelbach Sr.
Csncer: Pancreatic 
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019

Always Remember to Never Forget
 July 21, 2008
Chauffeur Joseph Julian Blackman
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 10, 2012
Elmer Wayne "Red" Blevins
  Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

Always Remember to Never Forget
  April 23, 2025
Andrew Wayne "Andy" Brown
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2026


Always Remember to Never Forget
   September 8, 2017
   Captain Ronald Gene Brown Sr. 
Cancer: Prostate
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2019


Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 31, 2017
 John Arnold Burton
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

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Always Remember to Never Forget
 October 31, 1978
George Oliver Byrn Sr.
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
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Always Remember to Never Forget
  May 17, 2011
Chauffeur Daniel "Doc" Cabllero
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 Aprit 4, 2011
Firefighter Randy M. Cadens
 Cancer: Other
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2012

Always Remember to Never Forget
   July 27, 2013 
   Chauffeur Gary Lee Carson
  Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 November 5, 2008
    Captain Charles Ray Carter Sr.  
 Cancer: Lung and Bone
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial WalL-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 February 14, 1995   
   District Chief John Craig Caswell
 Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 31, 2013
     Chauffeur James Carrel Chandler  
 Cancer: Brain
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 24, 2010
   District Chief Thomas Gabriel "Crusher" Collins 
Cancer: Colorectal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010


Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 26, 1994
    Senior Captain Robert Louis Crenek
 Cancer: Stomach
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 7, 2010 
   Arson Investigator Don Willard Crowe 
Cancer: Unknown
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 17, 2018
   Engineer/Operator Timothy Brian Cunningham 
Cancer: Metastatic Melanoma
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 26, 2016
   Firefighter Darryl Lamar Dave 
Cancer: Melanoma (Skin)
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

Always Remember to Never Forget
 September 30, 2012 
   Firefighter Joe Hector Delgadillo 
 Cancer: Lung and Stomach
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2013

Always Remember to Never Forget
  December 2, 2021
   Firefighter Jordan Dane Downing 
Cancer: Melanoma (Skin)
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023


Always Remember to Never Forget
   April 6. 1963
   District Chief Leo Tillman "Red" Edmonds 
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 November 29, 1996
   Captain Dennis Harmon Elkin 
Cancer: Colon
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
   
Always Remember to Never Forget
 September 24, 1971
  Senior Captain Carl Henry Faith Sr. 
Cancer: Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 22, 2013 
   Captain Robert Glen "Bob" Fortune 
Cancer: Esophageal
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Always Remember to Never Forget
 June 19. 2012
   Captain Edwin Glen "Eddie" Gaddis 
Cancer: Unknown
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Always Remember to Never Forget
  June 4, 1999
   Captain Wilbert Johnny Gaeke 
Cancer: Pancreatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
  July 8, 1996
   Senior Captain William Stanley "Bill" Gage 
Cancer: Kidney
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Always Remember to Never Forget
  August 5, 1990
    Senior Captain Mario Martinez Gallegos Sr. 
Cancer: Lung
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