Texas EMS Hall of Honor

The Texas Department of State Health Services honors emergency medical services personnel who lost their lives while on EMS duty with the Texas EMS Hall of Honor memorial. The plaques permanently hang at the Texas Department of State Health Services in Austin at the EMS Central Offices, 8407 Wall Street.  Individuals are inducted into the Texas EMS Hall of Honor at the Texas EMS Conference in November.

To submit an honoree for placement in the Texas EMS Hall of Honor complete the Line of Duty Death Notification for EMS Personnel form.

The honoree must:

OR

• Have died in the line of duty while piloting a medical helicopter or airplane; AND
• Be approved by the DSHS Office of EMS and Trauma Systems Coordination.
  

Texas EMS Hall of Honor Inductees

Steven James Taylor
EMT-Special Skills
June 23, 1981
Nacogdoches County Hospital District EMS
Ambulance crash

James Simpson
ECA
November 29, 1984
Willacy County EMS
Responding to a motor vehicle crash

Mary Beck
EMT-Paramedic
July 29, 1987
Bryan Fire Department
Motor vehicle crash

Glenn R. James
EMT-Paramedic
September 1, 1988
El Paso EMS
Struck by drunk driver while at motor vehicle crash

James Ed Thomas
EMT-Paramedic
May 31, 1988
Mother Frances Hospital Flight for Life
During resuscitation of patient in contact with downed electrical wire

Jeanne Lackey
RN, EMT-Paramedic
February 13, 1989
Mother Frances Hospital Flight for Life
Helicopter crash

Gerald Morgan Jr.
EMS Pilot
February 13, 1989
Mother Frances Hospital Flight for Life
Helicopter crash

Kathryn Ohnheiser
RN, EMT
February 13, 1989
Mother Frances Hospital Flight for Life
Helicopter crash

Mark Beck
EMT-Paramedic
July 24, 1991
Lubbock EMS
During patient transport

Larry Wright
EMT
April 29, 1992
Redwater-Maud Volunteer EMS
Toxic inhalation during rescue attempt

Barry Allen Lawrence
RN
February 10, 1994
Critical Air Medicine, San Antonio
Airplane crash

Brett Alan Martens
EMS Pilot
February 10, 1994
Critical Air Medicine, San Antonio
Airplane crash

William Drake Smith
RN
March 16, 1994
Critical Air Medicine, San Antonio
Airplane crash

Kimberly Annette Neal
EMT, EMT-Paramedic student
June 13, 1994
Mother Frances Hospital
Hit and run crash while enroute to paramedic class

Debbie Marie Samson
EMT
May 12, 1995
Hull-Daisetta EMS
Ambulance crash

Danial Tharp
EMT-Paramedic
September 13, 1997
Rockwall EMS
Motor vehicle crash

Deanene (Dee) Seago
EMT-Paramedic
May 1, 1998
Williams Medic-Aid, Orange County Ambulance
Ambulance crash

Vicente Antonio Martinez
Pilot
June 5, 1998
Valley AirCare
Helicopter crash

Carlos De La Fuente
EMT-Paramedic, RN
June 5, 1998
Valley AirCare
Helicopter crash

Brenda Leinweber
EMT-Paramedic, Instructor
June 5, 1998
Valley AirCare
Helicopter crash

Steve Tippens
EMT
December 9, 1998
Etoile Volunteer Fire Department
Motor vehicle crash

Charles "Mac" Atteberry
Licensed Paramedic
July 17, 1999
Hermann Hospital LifeFlight
Helicopter crash

Lynn Ethridge
RN, EMT-Paramedic
July 17, 1999
Hermann Hospital LifeFlight
Helicopter crash

John Pittman
Pilot
July 17, 1999
Hermann Hospital LifeFlight
Helicopter crash

William Bethune
EMT
October 15, 1999
Texas City Fire Department
Fire engine crash

James M. Dunham
EMT
November 18, 1999
Saint Jo Volunteer Fire-EMS
Cardiac arrest while extricating patient

Chester "Chip" Ray Pierce, Jr.
EMT-Paramedic
January 1, 2000
Medic One Ambulance
Ambulance crash

Terry Alan Griffith
EMT-Paramedic
March 10, 2000
Northwest Texas Healthcare System LifeStar
Helicopter crash

Ed Sanneman
Pilot
March 10, 2000
Northwest Texas Healthcare System LifeStar
Helicopter crash

Lauren Eileen Stone
RN, EMT-Paramedic
March 10, 2000
Northwest Texas Healthcare System LifeStar
Helicopter crash

Curtis James Davidson
EMT-Paramedic
March 24, 2000
NorthStar EMS, Houston
Ambulance crash

Miguel Angel Morales
EMT
March 1, 2001
ACT Ambulance, Edcouch-Elsa
Respiratory failure

September 11, 2001
To the fallen emergency response personnel

James E. Taylor
EMT-I
January 19, 2003
Bonham Fire Department
Ambulance crash

Raymond B. Davis
EMT-Paramedic
September 18, 2003
Lubbock EMS
Cardiac arrest on duty

Paul Lujan
EMT-Paramedic
March 21, 2004
CareStar EMS
Helicopter crash

Mickey Price
Pilot
March 21, 2004
CareStar EMS
Helicopter crash

Marco Villalobos
Licensed Paramedic
October 24, 2004
El Paso Fire Department
Fixed-wing medical transport crash

Christopher Clingan
EMT-Paramedic
February 19, 2005
Liberty-Eylau Volunteer Fire Deptartment
Ambulance/Train crash

Joe Alvarez, Jr.
Licensed Paramedic
September 13, 2006
East Texas Medical Center EMS
Ambulance crash

Eric Hanson
Licensed Paramedic
October 10, 2006
Marble Falls Area EMS
Ambulance crash

Raul Garcia Jr.
RN
February 5, 2008
Valley Air Care
Helicopter crash

Robert Goss
Pilot
February 5, 2008
Valley Air Care
Helicopter crash

Michael T. Sanchez
EMT-Paramedic
February 5, 2008
Valley Air Care
Helicopter crash

Jana Bishop
Licensed Paramedic/RN
June 8, 2008
PHI, Inc
Helicopter crash

Stephanie Waters
EMT-Paramedic
June 8, 2008
PHI, Inc
Helicopter crash

Wayne Kirby
Pilot
June 8, 2008
PHI, Inc
Helicopter crash

Larry Feagin
EMT-Paramedic
August 13, 2009
Gemini Ambulance
Cardiac arrest on duty

Anthony Archuleta
EMT-Paramedic
February 5, 2010
Southwest MedEvac
Helicopter crash

William Montgomery
Pilot
February 5, 2010
Southwest MedEvac
Helicopter crash

John Sutter
EMT-Paramedic
February 5, 2010
Southwest MedEvac
Helicopter crash

Ted Caffarel
Pilot
July 4, 2010
Air Ambulance STAT
Helicopter crash

Tracy Chambers
Licensed Paramedic
July 4, 2010
Air Ambulance STAT
Helicopter crash

Sharon Falkner
EMT-Paramedic
July 4, 2010
Air Ambulance STAT
Helicopter crash

Derek Brewster
EMT-P
July 11, 2013
Pampa EMS and Boys Ranch
Car crash while on duty

Mark Mirelez  
EMT-P
March 5, 2013
City of Robstown EMS
Sudden illness while on duty

Kevin Clay Caldwell
EMT-P
July 11, 2013
Haskell County EMS
Cardiac arrest while on duty