In the Line of Duty

Below are the names engraved to honor those space workers who died in the line of duty. Although their lives were cut short they shall be remembered through the thoughts and memories of the space program and those who worked alongside them.

DATE	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	POSITION	COMPANY	EVENT
9-Jul-58	Fred D.	Adams	Maintenance employee	Pan Am	Died when he fell from Atlas service tower into an elevator Fred was the very first fatality at the Cape.shaft.
28-Jan-60	Morris	Carter	Laborer	B.B. McCormack	Killed by a truck while watering down compacted earth for a Saturn pad.
14-Jun-60	Joseph G.	Sibole	Technician	Martin	Killed while conducting a system check on the Titan when a tiny explosive charge blew up and ignited a flare package attached to the side of the intercontinental range rocket. Sibole’s death is the first at the Cape attributed directly to a missile mishap.
21-May-61	Eugene M.	Martin	Security guard	Pan Am	Killed by lightning while directing traffic during Armed Forces Day open house.
28-Mar-61	Harbin Daril	Revis	Assistant crane operator	Leonard Brothers	Killed in the industrial area of the Cape when the bucket of the crane swung around and hit the “hot” wire.
8-Jul-62	Sgt. H.	Smith	Assigned to the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing		Was fatally injured when he fell into an elevator shaft while performing maintenance on Complex 11 gantry.
23-Aug-63	Airman	McCubbin	Assigned to GEIIA		Was fatally injured in a fall from an 80 foot antenna tower. He was dismantling the tower at the time of accident.
13-Mar-64	Vernon	Emkey	Iron WorkerEvent	American Bridge & Iron Co.	Was killed when he fell 38 feet from a Titan III Complex structure.
April 14, 1964 (event)	Sidney J.	Dagle	Missile technician	Ball Brothers Research Corp.	Died April 17, 1964 as a result of 3rdstage (X-248) rocket motor explosion in the Delta Spin Test Facility.
April 14, 1964 (event)	L. D.	Gabel	Missile technician	Ball Brothers Research Corp.	Died April 18, 1964 as a result of 3rdstage (X-248) rocket motor explosion in the Delta Spin Test Facility.
April 14, 1964 (event)	John W. (Jack)	Fassett	Space Craft Coordinator	GSFC	Died May 5, 1964 as a result of 3rdstage (X-248) rocket motor explosion in the Delta Spin Test Facility.
27-Apr-64	Phillipe	Bengas	Phillipe was working down range support for the Apollo Program.		Died as a result of an explosion aboard a range supply ship Gulf Stream at Grand Turk.
2-Jul-64	Oscar	Simmons	Construction worker	American Bridge & Iron Co.	Died in accidental fall from 26thlevel of the VAB.
27-Oct-64	William	Pemberton		Martin Company	Killed when the forklift he was driving on Complex 19 perimeter road flipped over on him.
28-Apr-65	Jerry B.	Baker	Construction worker	McDowell-Wellman Eng. Co.	Killednear the base of Complex 34 mobile service tower when a 15 foot section of 5 inch structural steel pipe, cut out of the service tower as part of a modification, fell 188 feet and struck him.
4-May-65	Marion J.	Anderson	Truck Driver	Glover BrickEvent	Killed while walking in the VAB transfer isle between towers B and E of the high bay when a 12 foot wooden form fell 457 feet from the 37thfloor and struck him.
3-Aug-65	Albert J.	Treib	Construction superintendent	George Fuller Const. Co.	Killed by lightning at LC-39 pad B when pouring concrete from a crane bucket into forms 40 feet up on the launching pad.
16-Mar-66	V. S.	Evans	Electrician	MeVa Corp.	Killed while working on updating a Saturn 1B facility when he was struck by a descending elevator at Complex 37.
28-Jul-66	James O.	Dorminy Jr.	Heavy equipment operator	Trans World Airlines	Killed during a rainstorm when an earthmover he was riding on rolled over on him.
27-Jan-67	Virgil “Gus”	Grissom	Astronaut	Lieutenant Colonel, USAF	Died when a flash fire occurred in the command module during launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle at Complex 34 and known as the Apollo 1 fire.
27-Jan-67	Edward H.	White, II	Astronaut	Lieutenatn Colnel, USAF	Died when a flash fire occurred in the command module during launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle at Complex 34 and known as the Apollo 1 fire.
27-Jan-67	Roger Bruce	Chaffee	Astronaut	Lieutenant Commander, USN	Died when a flash fire occurred in the command module during launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle at Complex 34 and known as the Apollo 1 fire.
16-May-68	William B.	Estes	Mechainic	Bendix Corporation	Died at LC-39 pad A, in preparation for the Mobile Service Structure arrival. A faulty gage indicated it was safe to remove a pipe cap from the pad 150 psi water supply line. The pressure released the iron cap when he started disconnecting it and it struck his chest.
31-Jul-72	Darrell	Ramsey			Died when he fell 52 feet and landed on the second floor level of the Launch Complex 34. Darrell worked for a Columbia, SC Company that was dismantling Pads 34 and 37.
March 19, 1981 (event)	John	Bjornstad	Mechanical technician	Rockwell International	Died at LC-39 pad A from exposure to gaseous nitrogen conditions when entering the Orbiter aft compartment following a countdown demonstration test, prior to the first Space Shuttle launch.
March 19, 1981 (event)	Forrest	Cole	Quality Control	Rockwell International	Died April 1, 1981 resulting from exposure to gaseous nitrogen conditions when entering the Orbiter aft compartment following a countdown demonstration test, prior to the first Space Shuttle launch.
March 19, 1981 (event)	Nick	Mullon	Mechanical technician	Rockwell International	Died as a result ofcomplications from gaseousnitrogen exposure after entering theorbiter aft compartment following acountdown demonstration test priorto the first space shuttle launch.
7-May-81	Anthony	Hill	Construction worker	Wilholt International Corp.	Died after falling 110 feet at LC39 pad B.
10-Jun-81	Beau	Sauselein	Titusville Fire Fighter	U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service	Died at KSC after becoming trapped during firefighting.
10-Jun-81	Scott	Maness	Titusville Fire Fighter	U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service	Died at KSC after becoming trapped during firefighting.
8-Jun-85	Robert E. “Champ”	Murphy		BSI	Lost foot in a Halon cylinder incident on March 2, 1978 and died as a result of the effects of the Halon exposure on June 8, 1985.
24-Mar-86	Joseph L.	Tyre	Construction worker	Cherokee Steel Erectors	Died after falling 90 feet while installing a bridge crane in the Cargo Hazardous Servicing Facility.
4-Apr-88	Lori Kay Gillan	Laubenheimer	Laboratory Assistant	EG&G Environmental	Died in an auto accident when a KSC tour bus ran a stop light.
27-Jul-89	Clarence E.	Hailey	Electrical worker	EG&G	Died after falling from a platform in the VAB.
8-Jul-01	Barton	Barton	Construction worker	Precision Fabricating & Cleaning	Killed by pipe coupling during disassembly of pressurized pipe at LC37.
24-Aug-01	Constantine “Gus”	Valantasis	Painter	Valant Painting Inc.	Died moments after falling 34 feet inside Hanger I CCAFS.
1-Oct-01	Bill	Brooks	Crane Operator	Boeing Company	Killed at LC37 while performing maintenance on Mobile Tower Crane.
17-Mar-06	Steven	Owens	Roofer	Space Gateway Support	Died after falling from facility (SLSL) roof.