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| Name | Age | Status | M/F | Ethnicity | Cemetery | Notes | ||||
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| Anderson, Thomas | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Baynes, John | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Bobzien, Walter J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Burkart, Francis X. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Burns, Thomas H. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Cassidy, Richard E. | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Cherney, Henry | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Cline, Harry J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Collins, Charles A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Cummings, Michael J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Dillon, William | 42 | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Egan, Patrick | M | Chief First Batallion | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| English, James A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 32 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Franz, Joe | M | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Furlong, Michael | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Geary, John P. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Hanks, William | M | Pilot, (Detailed from Engine Company No. 92) Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Hansen, Hans | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Hansen, Theodore J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Harper, Edward C. | M | Driver, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Heffernan, Garrett | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Hodges, Courtney | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Hopkins, William J. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Huddleston, Charles A. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Kempski, Walter F. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Leffert, Charles B. | 28 | Married | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Loftus, Martin A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Mann, John M. | M | Driver, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Manning, John T.. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Mathews, Thomas | 59 | M | Stoker, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| McAuliffe, Frank | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| McAuliffe, Jeremiah | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Miller, Bryce F. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Mohr, George | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Murphy, Cornelius | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Neubert, Henry | M | Pilot, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Brien, Francis | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Brien, John | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Connor, Frank | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Connor, Patrick | M | Driver, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Hayer, Patrick J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| O'Neill, James | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Osius, Louis | M | Stoker, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Peterman, Christian | M | Captain, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Peterson, Jens L. | M | Lieutenant, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Reinhard, Charles O. | 37 | M | Lieutenant | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Rowley, James J. | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Sandberg, John | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Scanlon, Joseph | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Scanlon, Thomas | M | Lieutenant, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Shay, Thomas J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Sheehan, John J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Steffel, Frank T. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Sweeney, Matthew M. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Swigert, Fred | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Walker, Jes | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Walters, Samuel E. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Wilson, Samuel | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |