Firefighter Edward Gaicki

Sep 6, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire

Edward Gaicki, a six-year firefighter and paramedic, had gone into a commercial building to search for people and fight a massive four-alarm blaze when the roof collapsed on him, and he died. He had been nominated for the Tempe Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Firefighter...

Deborah Gannett

Sep 5, 2019 | Army

The first known woman to impersonate a man in the U.S. Army, Deborah served as a soldier during the American Revolution. Born in Plympton, Massachusetts on December 17, 1760 to Jonathan and Deborah Bradford Sampson, she was the oldest of seven children. While still a...

Police Officer Doug Byrne

Sep 4, 2019 | Marines, Police

Officer Doug Byrne was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a medical emergency call at approximately 8:00 pm. A vehicle stopped directly in front of his patrol car at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Norfolk Street, causing him to take evasive...

Gun Corporal William Graham Clarke

Sep 3, 2019 | Army

William Graham Clarke was born in August 1873 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1885 from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. He became a citizen of the United States of America on October 24 1894. During the War with Spain, William served in Battery...

LTC Paula R. Stephenson (Ret)

Sep 2, 2019 | Army

It was the GI Bill that sold her parents on joining the Army because she was not yet 21 years old and still needed her parents’ signatures for her to enlist.  Her military career started September 1971, Fort McClellan, Alabama. Paula graduated from basic training a...