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The Blue dates are the member's HFD service Dates
 
 *Harry Y. Wade  Born-Unk  1901-Unk  Died-Unk

Edward Wagner  Born May 28, 1878  1895 - 1897  Died July 15, 1838
 Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member
Herman J. Wagner  Born June 2, 1871  1895 - 1912  Died May 25, 1912
 Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 
In The Line of Duty Death  6th lODD Since 1895  

Carmon Celton Waldrop  Born April 15, 1910  1940 - 1960  Died March 2, 1974

 Charlie Eddie Walker Born August 23, 1945  1967 - 1999  Died  January January 3, 2018

Gary Douglas Walker  Born January 18, 1949  1969 - 1969  Died December 18, 1969

James Edward "Buddy" Walker  Born July 28, 1920  1942 - 1977  Died February 5, 1984

Richard Lee Walker  Born April 29, 1922  1952 - 1976  Died October 11, 2000

 Vernon Clinton Walker  Born November 27, 1928  1950 - 1970  Died June 25, 2017  


 William "Molly" Walter Walker  Born October 23, 1881  1914 - 1940  Died July 1, 1940 
 In The Line of Duty Death  26th lODD Since 1895

Kenneth Jay Walrod  Born March 6, 1922  1948 - 1973  Died May 22, 1995

Bertice Talma Wallace  Born July 6, 1933  1959 - 1975  Died July 20, 2021

Melvin Mitchell Wallace Jr.  Born April 6, 1934  1955 - 1985  Died March 29, 2012
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017  

Oscar Freeman Wallace Jr.  Born August 17, 1951  1970 - 2000  Died May 1, 2007

*Robert C. Waller  Born-Unk  1925-Unk  Died-Unk

Edwin Jack Walley Sr.  Born April 19, 1921  1950 - 1973  Died October 17, 1988 

 
 James Louis Walls Jr.  Born March 8, 1945  1969 - 1971  Died May 3, 1971
In The Line of Duty Death  47th lODD Since 1895

Kenneth Jay Walrod  Born March 6, 1922  1948 - 1973  Died July 24, 1997 

*John F. Walsh  Born-Unk  1899 - 1902  Died-Unk

Clifford E. Waltein  Born August 18, 1929  1951 - 1970  Died October 6, 1984

Monroe Earl Walters  Born November 27, 1951  1973 - 1988  Died April 12, 1988

Eddie Ludwing "Ed" Walther  Born September 17, 1934  1961 - 1981  Died July 30, 2003
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2015

Carl Douglas Ward  Born May 20, 1931  1957 - 1988  Died November 11, 1994

 Edward Kelly "E. K." Ward Jr.  August 23,1948  1974 - 2003  Died August 22, 2015   FG

George Delmer Ward  Born May 15, 1925  1948 - 1974  Died February 13, 1975

 George W. Ward  Born August 3, 1919  1945 - 1965  Died April 14, 2007 

John Ward  Born 1866  1896 - 1930  Died February 4, 1930

 John Charles Ward  Born November 2, 1935  1957 - 1992  Died January 31, 2014

 Leroy Edward Ward Sr.  Born February 19, 1913  1945 - 1972  Died May 7, 1996

 Leory Edward Ward Jr.  Born July 31, 1933  1959 - 1984  Died April 23, 2009

 Otis W. Ward  Born January 26, 1992  1912 - 1915  Died January 14, 1959

Michael Joseph Ward  Born 1895  1929 - 1929  Died December 21, 1929  (www.findagrave.com)
 In The Line of Duty Death  22nd lOdD


John Henry "Butch" Warden III  December 31, 1948  1968 - 2004  Died September 4, 2013   FG
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017

 Felix Warhol  Born October 10, 1905  1942 - 1966  Died September 17, 1966

Thomas Lubbock Waring  Born July 2, 1882  1913-Unk  Died November 24, 1962

Wesley James Warnke  Born November 3, 1950  1969 - 2005  Died February 20, 2015
  
Delbert Lee Warwick Sr.  Born August 20, 1930  1956 - 2005  Died June 1, 2008

 
 Dennis Bryn Waters  Born November 14, 1958  1978 - 2010  Died May 25, 2010
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017

 Oliver S. Waters  Born June 19, 1932  1954 - 1979  Died April 7, 1985

Rodney Dale Waters  Born July 6, 1965  1985 - 2008  Died January 31, 2009
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2010

Wayne Gilbert Waters Sr.  Born August 1, 1931  1955 - 1981  Died September 10, 2010 


Danny Dean Watkins  Born June 8, 1953  1978 - 2012  Died January 12, 2021
 In The Line of Duty Death, COVID-19, San Benito, Texas Fire Department

Donald Frank "Donnie" Watkins  Born February 10, 1947  1968 - 1988  Died December 16, 2004

Kenneth Charles "KC" Watkins Sr.  Born July 21, 1944  1965 -  1989  Died July 15, 2022
Paul Raymond Watts  Born May 21, 1952  1974 - 1996  Died October 30, 2000

Ray Elmo Watts  Born November 18, 1922  1958 - 1979  Died February 7, 1996

 *George Trauss Wead  Born May 8, 1887  1908 - 1910  Died-unk

Joseph William Wease  Born 1889  1914 - 1955  Died July 1, 1955

 Artis Edward Weaver  Born June 3, 1923  1950 - 1973  Died September 30, 2011 

Henry B. Weaver  Born November 26, 1900  1917 - 1955  Died October 2, 1994

Malcolm Lynn Weaver  Born September 25, 1950  1969 - 1984  Died November 21, 1994

Malcom L. Weaver  Born October 29, 1931  1950 - 1979  Died October 13, 2018

 Marion Jasper "Buddy" Weaver Jr.  Born January 11,1940  1962 - 2002  Died January 16, 2003  

Charles Rodney Webb  Born Decenber 3, 1891  1915-Unk  Died January 6, 1961

Edsel V. Webb  Born September 22, 1926  1951 - 1973  Died January 9, 1973

Elton C. Webb  Born February 10, 1920  1951 - 1971  Died December 6, 1996

Gene Lowell Webb  Born August 11, 1932  1956 - 1966  Died February 1, 2010

John Alexander Webb  Born August 15, 1905  1934 - 1947  Died March 4, 1975


Larry Gene Webb  Born February 1, 1955  1980 - 2016  Died January 12, 2017
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2023

  Narvel Wesley Webb  Born August 24, 1928  1953 - 1978  Died June 20, 1996

Clement Thomas Weber  Born April 14, 1906  1941 - 1972  Died March 5, 1990

  
Doyce Edsol "Dipper" Wedgeworth  Born September 17, 1934  1955 - 1981  Died March 26, 1999
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017
Jack Eldridge Wedgeworth  Born March 16, 1942  1966 - 2000  Died December 10, 2020
 
 John William Wedgeworth  Born December 20, 1922  1952 - 1973  Died September 20, 1989
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2018


 Phillip Jeffery Wedgeworth  Born May 22, 1958  1978 - 2003  Died May 10, 2018
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2020
Riley Lee Wedgeworth III  Born October 27, 1956  1979 - 2015  Died June 13, 2016
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017

 Riley Lee Wedgeworth Jr.  Born September 30, 1930  1941 - 1972  Died October 11, 1991
  
Gerald Issac Weekley  Born 1899  1940 - 1975  Died January 19, 1976

  
Clifford Allen Wiese  Born July 10, 1891  1913 - 1913  Died July 14, 1913 
 In The Line of Duty Death  7th lODD Since 1895

Kenneth D. Weisheit  Born June 5, 1939  1968 - 1978  Died August 23, 1978


 William A. "Willie" Weiss  Born March 7, 1870  1895 - 1900  Died July 31, 1901  (www.findagrave.com)
 Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member
Houston Police Department  In The Line of Duty Death

Daniel Francis Welsh  Born December 6, 1946  1968 - 1978  Died March 20, 2022

Newton James Weller  Born April 19, 1890  1924 - 1932  Died November 25, 1932

Earl E. Wells  Born April 14, 1895  1915-Unk  October 12, 1943

 Guy Travis Wells  Born May 9, 1959  1980 - 2005  Died September 15, 2020

 Gynn Shearer "Red" Wells  Born April 17, 1926  1956 - 1977  Died January 7, 2006
 Leonard "Lynn" Edwards Wells  Born-Unk  1919 - 1954  Died December 14, 1971

 *Steven Wells  Born-Unk  1917 - 1945  Died-Unk


William Perry Wells  Born-Unk 1900 - 1923  Died September 6, 1967
    Served as Fire Chief From 1919 To 1923

John M. Werner Born-Unk  1910-Unk  Died-Unk
 
Larry Anthony Wesley  Born October 31, 1950  1979 - 2000  Died January 19, 2007
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2015

Charles M. West  Born-Unk  1915-Unk  Died-Unk

Earl Shannon West  Born September 16, 1899  1918 - 1961  Died May 23, 1972  

Felton E. West  Born 1902  1958 - 1970 Died 1885

James Earl West  Born July 3,1948  1972 - 1990  Died March 29,2003

Bruce Milton Whatley  Born April 26, 1924  1956 - 1988  Died June 10, 2005

William Meyers "Bill" Whatley  Born August 28, 1926  1958 - 1992  Died October 11, 2021

William Mills "W. M." Whatley  Born December 7, 1898  1931 - 1941  Died December 8, 1974
 
Chancie Otis Wheeler Sr.  Born December 18, 1925  1950 - 1954  Died July 16, 1954

  
Jim Wheeler  Born May 15, 1946  1969 - 2002  Died May 18, 2002
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2018

Dennis Alford Whigham  Born February 25, 1918  1940 - 1973  Died April 11, 1999

Joe Edwin Whigham  Born March 23, 1946  1972 - 1987  Died December 16, 2002

 George James Spenser Whilley Jr. Born May 4, 1925  1958 - 1968  Died March 1, 1968

Jimmy Wayne White  Born September 17, 1947  1974 - 1989  Died March 16,2003

Lee Roy White  Born June 12, 1925  1956 - 1977  Died July 16, 1986

Leon Franklin White  Born August 6, 1922  1950 - 1972  Died Novrmber 14, 1973

  Malcolm Bruce White  Born June 21, 1951  1972 - 1982  Died January 18, 2022

Norman Lee White  Born June 23, 1949  1971 - 1988  Died January 9, 1994

 Paul Charles White Jr.  Born January 28, 1948  1967 - 1988  Died September 28, 2020

 William Lee "Bill" White  Born November 22, 1955  1974 - 1976  Died July 10, 2007

William Max "Bill" White  Born December 26, 1928  1950 - 1970  Died March 3, 2018

Eugene Floyd Whitener  Born June 16, 1928  1950 - 1973  Died November 1, 1990

Kenneth Buell "K. B."Whitehorn  Born March 2, 1938  1961 - 2010  Died January 13, 2014

 Eric Whitfield Sr.  Born June 25, 1907  1940 - 1961  Died January 23, 1970

 
 Stephen Reid Whitfield II  Born May 17, 1984   VJTA Class 2015G  October 26, 2015 - March 31, 2016  Died March 31, 2016  
In The Line of Duty Death  70th lODD Since 1895
 

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Donald Ray Whiteley  Born February 20, 1939  1963 -1983  Died October 12, 2018

Maxwell Jeff Whitley Sr.  Born March 14, 1941  1962 - 1992  Died February 7, 1992

Wallace Andrew Whitley  Born October 26, 1923  1946 - 1973  Died September 5, 2002

Willie Mahlon Whitley  Born September 17, 1906  1927 - 1970  Died September 27, 1980

Elmer E. Whitsitt  Born April 19, 1898  1947 - 1962  Died October 19, 1963

 Riley Theodore Whittington Sr.  Born October 29, 1898  1927 - 1969  Died June 11, 1977

 
Roy Boyle Whittlesey  Born April 25, 1908  1935 - 1 959  Died March 5, 1964
     Served as Fire Chief From 1947 To 1948

 Roy Lee Whittlesey  Born July 29, 1934  1955 - 1968  Died July 1, 1968
E. E.  Whitwell  Born-Unk  1925-Unk  Died-Unk

Henry Evert Whitworth  Born August 2, 1924  1954 - 1974  Died February 22, 2015
Wesley James Warnke  Born November 3, 1950  1969 - 2005  Died February 20, 2015

 Lloyd O. Wiggins  Born February 6, 1905  1940 - 1972  Died December 27, 1985

 Ervin Fritz Wieghat  Born November 27. 1927  1957 - 1977  Died January 3, 2014

Floyd Arthur Wilburn  Born June 23, 1917  1947 - 1979  Died May 3, 1996

H. Wilder Born-Unk  1915-Unk  Died-Unk

James Wesley "J. W." Wiley  Born April 4, 1929  1951 - 1971  Died December 27, 2008

Joseph Dewayne Wilkerson  Born Unk  1920 - 1956  Died March 11, 1982

Richard Leon Wilkerson  Born September 22, 1927  1965 - 1965  Died August 16, 1965

 Victor Rowe Wilkerson  Born March 13, 1907  1928 - 1964  Died December 19, 1965

C. O. Williams  Born-Unk  1930-Unk  Died-Unk

 *Carl E Williams  Born-Unk  1956 - 1981  Died July 29, 2015

 Fred Claude Williams  Born February 1901  1923 - 1944  Died May 16, 1983

Jack Lawrence Williams  Born December 7, 1927  1950 - 1976  Died May 30, 1986
 Johnnie Daughtery Williams  Born October 5, 1960  1990 - 2010  Died  August 1, 2010  

Joseph Mark Williams  Born December 7, 1927  1980 - 1986  Died May 30, 1986

 Lester Williams  Born October 28, 1942  1968 - 1991  Died January 20, 2022

Morgan Stanley Williams  Born Januray 7, 1936  1951 - 1971  Died October 29, 2020

Millard Wayne "Bill" Williams  Born June 14, 1902  1926 - 1957  Died June 28, 1974  

*Ned Williams  Born-Unk  1930-Unk  Died-Unk

Jesse Lee Williamson  Born April 22, 1918  1953 - 1980  Died April 15, 1999

 John W. Williamson  Born July 31, 1870  1895 - 1903  Died February 17, 1920
 Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 
 Howard Pressley Williamson  Born July 20, 1919  1940 - 1974  Died May 14, 2005  

Mark Ferris Williamson  Born December 26, 1958  1986 - 2013   Died January 21, 2014
 IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2016

Maurice Ottre "Mo" Williamson  Born June 3, 1914  1943 - 1976  Died August 29, 1992

 Murice Willie Williamson  Born December 24, 1926  1949 - 1976  Died June 27, 2008  

Robert "Red" Lee Williamson  Born January 2, 1924  1949 - 1974  Died May 23, 2015

 
Malcom Sherrod Willis  Born February 11, 1998  2021 - 2022  Died July 13, 2022
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death, Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2023

Roy Aubrey Willis  Born August 26, 1927  1953 - 1978  Died November 27, 2010

Seymore Willis  Born December 25, 1920  1951 - 1977  Died June 16, 2009

 Larry Craig Willoughby  Born February 24, 1950  1969 - 1977  Died January 14, 2021
Thomas Eugene Willtrout Sr.  Born October 9, 1929  1953 - 1980  Died May 21, 2001

Charlie Marlin Wilson  Born October 5, 1933  1961 - 1984  Died September 14, 1999 

Frank E. Wilson  Born-Unk  1915-Unk  Died-Unk

George Joseph "Pop" Wilson  Born-Unk  1911 - 1956  Died August 2, 1960

 Harold N. Wilson Jr.  Born June 29, 1925  1959 - 1987  Died October 19, 2019

Henry Odel Wilson  Born December 29, 1930  1956 - 1978  Died March 5, 2015

James Wilson Jr.  Born January 12, 1882  1902 - 1906  Died March 24, 1929

 Jim Darvin Wilson  Born August 15, 1925  1946 - 1972  Died March 14, 2010
John William Wilson Sr.  Born-Unk  1930 - 1961  Died July 19, 1963

 Melvin Maurice Wilson  Born July 21, 1927  1953 - 1978  Died May 6, 1994

Paul Larry Wilson  Born December 22, 1936  1962 - 1970  Died April 21, 1970

R. M. Wilson  Born March 22, 1928  1947 - 1972  Died March 15, 1972

 Robert Warren Wilson  Born November 5, 1933  1959 - 1983  Died May 15, 1983

 Walter Lee Wilson  Born October 3, 1950  1969 - 1980  Died October 30, 2014

William Elrie Wilson  Born September 18, 1890  1915 - 1916  Died June 23, 1945

Martin Luther Wimberly  Born May 11, 1883  1934 - 1939  Died September 14, 1970

Rodrick Henry Wimp  Born May 13, 1886  1920-Unk  Died November 2, 1937

Albert C.  Winmeyer  Born November 21, 1899  1920-Unk  Died October 5, 1979
 
 Scott Stewart Winterhalter  Born November 26, 1934  1959 - 1990  Died June 29, 2008 
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017
  
James Donald Winters  Born September 16, 1947  1967 - 1991  Died November 7, 1991

  George E. Wirt  November 17, 1869  1895 - 1897  Died December 31, 1963
Houston Volunteer Houston Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1  1894 To 1895
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 

 Tony John Wisniskie  Born September 15, 1920  1951 - 1971  Died August 30, 1998

James Neal Witt  Born July 12, 1939  1962 - 1984  Died September 25, 1992

Henry Herman Wohlt  Born August 30, 1894  1913 - 1951  Died June 13, 1951

Edward Preston Wolf   Born August 31, 1924  1951 - 1970  Died September 10, 2014
Travis William Wolf  Born May 23, 1882  1912 - 1914  Died November 15, 1931
 Houston Volunteer Mechanic Fire Co. No. 6 1886 To 1887

                                              George Joseph Wolff  Born May 14, 1881  1916 - 1935  Died January 26, 1935
Jack Bolden Wood  Born February 1, 1923  1950 - 1973  Died May 5, 1995

Hiram Winfred "Woody" Wood  Born July 2, 1926  1955 - 1976  Died March 15, 2010

Morris Edward Wood  Born June 5, 1932  1960 - 1992  Died March 29, 2021

 Tommy Ray Woodard  Born December 15, 1957  1978 - 2008  Died November 4, 2018

Bobby Gray Woods  Born October 2, 1925  1947 - 1974  Died August 13, 1994

 Harold Malcolm Woods  Born June 28, 1903  1927-Unk  Died January 26, 1968

Jackson Leslie "Jack" Woodyard  Born September 11, 1949  1969 - 1993  Died March 3, 1999

Henry J.  Wooley  Born-Unk 1895 - 1904  Died-Unk
 Houston Volunteer Mechanic Fire Co. No. 6 Paid Driver 1886 To 1887
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 

 Robert Eugene Wooster  Born January 5, 1946  1972 - 1981  Died March 9, 1981

Samuel Worth  Born-Unk  1915-Unk  Died-Unk

Alfred Kenneth Wooten  Born December 28, 1943  1968 - 1988  Died April  28, 2014

 Arnold Gwen Wooten  Born  December 5, 1936  1951 - 1972  Died January 23, 2017
Hershel Glen Wooten  Born July 17, 1925  1955 - 1978  Died February 18, 2012

 William Wooten  Born-Unk  HFD  Died-Unk (Another mystery, Thanks a lot Chief McRae)

Joseph William "Uncle Joe" Wozniak  Born February 13, 1888  1927 - 1964  Died August 27, 1976

Alfred L. Wright  Born March 23, 1929  1953 - 1972  Died April 15, 1972 

Clarence Harold Wright  Born May 16, 1895  1915 - 1925  Died July 16, 1925

James Alvin Wright  Born January 3, 1950  1968  - 2003  Died January 24, 2011

James Houston Wright  Born May 23, 1886  1925 - 1956  Died August 29, 1964 

                                                    Paul Clayton Wright  Born November 26, 1939  1961 - 1992  Died March 27, 2005
IAFF Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Death. Added to the Colorado Springs Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall 2017
  
Robert Paul "Ski" Wroblewski  Born June 7, 1938  1963 - 2002  Died November 20, 2010

Remmington Bayard Wynne  Born February 25, 1886  1910 - 1944  Died October 3, 1947  
 

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