Contact: Nancy Rodrigues, President, Virginia Public Safety Foundation (757) 876-2031
VIRGINIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION TO HONOR 964 FALLEN PUBLIC SAFETY HEROES AT THE 10 TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CEREMONY
RICHMOND, Va. – Leaders of Virginia’s public safety community will pay tribute to officers who have died in the line of duty in Virginia. This year marks the 10 th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial that was dedicated in 2014.
The Ceremony will be conducted on Saturday, September 14 at 1:00 PM at the Memorial located at 901 Capitol St., Richmond, VA 23219. (Located in front of the Patrick Henry Building facing Capitol Square.) There will be a complete Roll Call of the Fallen Heroes with a multi-jurisdictional agency participating in the Honor Guard, a 21 Gun Salute and the Virginia Public Safety Pipe and Drums.
The following heroes have been added to the Memorial in 2024:
1. James M. Alexander, Jr. – Hanover County Fire & EMS
2. James Edward Brewster - Dix Creek, Amonata, Dry Fork (DAD) Fire Department (Tazewell
County)
3. Ernest N. Cash -Monelison Volunteer Fire Department (Amherst County)
4. Matthew R. Chiaverotti – Virginia Beach Fire Department
5. Cameron Bentley Craig – Abingdon Fire Department
6. Vivian Thomas Crawford – Scruggs Volunteer Fire & Rescue (Franklin County)
7. TyVaughn Nathaniel Eldridge – Chesterfield County Fire & EMS
8. Mia R. Ethridge - Louisa County Department of Fire & EMS
9. James A. Foster – Rice Volunteer Fire Department (Prince Edward County)
10. Jeffery Ryan Harris – Virginia State Police
11. Brian Robert Hricik -Alexandria Fire Department
12. Gracey H. C. Humbert – Botetourt County Department of Fire & EMS
13. Sean H. Land – Virginia Beach Fire Department
14. Todd Anthony Landreth – Norfolk Airport Fire Department
15. Chester T. Lauck – Roundhill Volunteer Fire Department (Frederick County)
16. Joseph A. Mary – Richmond Fire Department
17. William A. McFarland – Richmond Fire Department
18. Gregory Charles Meinel – Vinton First Aid Crew (Roanoke County)
19. Alicia Anne Monahan – Chesterfield County Fire & EMS
20. Harvey Snook, III – Arlington County Police Department
21. James Allen Sturgill – Pound Volunteer Fire Department (Wise County)
22. Rory Bud C. Swanson – Lower King & Queen Volunteer Fire & EMS
23. Gregory V. Thomas – Danville Fire Department
24. Michael Wayne Webb – Callaway Volunteer Fire Department (Franklin County)
25. Stephen Davis Whitson – Henrico Fire Department
26. Rocky Shane Wood – Virginia Department of Forestry
27. Lyndell Nelson Woods – Ft. Lewis Volunteer Fire Department (Roanoke County)
Event: 10 th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial
Date: September 14, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Memorial Wall, 901 Capitol St., Richmond, VA 23219. (Located in front of the Patrick Henry Building facing Capitol Square.)
Media Note:
A list of Fallen Heroes is available by jurisdiction, upon request.
Please email: LT. Col. (Retired) VSP Tracy Russillo at info@vpsf.org
Family members of the Fallen will be in attendance.
P.O. Box 3444| Glen Allen, VA 23058| www.vpsf.org
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