The following represents firefighters who lost their lives during the month of November:

Call Fireman Sam Haskins
Engine Company 2
Died November 19, 1895

Assistant Chief Charles Fuselehr
Headquarters, downtown Los Angeles
Died November 15, 1902

Fireman Harry C. Powell
Engine Company 9
Died November 19 1922

Fireman Joseph W. Kacl
Engine Company 3
Died November 6, 1939

Fireman James C Slinkard
Engine Company 8
Died November 8, 1941

Fireman Hugh J. Travers
Salvage Company 28
Died November 23, 1947

Fireman Clyde Neff, Jr.
Engine Company 4
Died November 2, 1949

Fireman James L. Catlow
Engine Company 39
Died November 12, 1955

Fireman Robert C. Gladden
Engine Company 69
Died November 25, 1969

In addition to Fireman Lechert, a number of firefighters died in November months past due to non-incident related causes and we remember them here: Cliford T. Atkins, Reginald McCarbery, Steven M. Urbano, Carl E. Clapper, Warren W Worthington, Kenneth K. Pollard, John W. Almond, Earl L. Young, Jr., Marian J. Wilson, Barry F. Broughton, David L. Welch, Emmett J. Wilhite, David B. McDonald, Bennie B. Collins, Earl L. Dawkins, William C. Stace.

Fireman Harold Jonathan was on military leave, serving with the 355th Infantry Regiment of the 84th Division when he was killed in action on November 29, 1944 on the Western Front in Germany.

To learn more about these individuals, their lives and the last alarm they responded to, you may purchase a copy of The Los Angeles Fire Department Memorial Book. It is available at the bookstore at the museum and a portion of the proceeds will be used to complete construction of the LAFD Memorial.