The victims
This is the most accurate listing of the passengers and crew of Allegheny Flight 853 that I can provide. It is a compilation of information I have obtained from all available sources. Please note that all 83 victims' names are listed here; according to The Indianapolis News, one passenger's name was withheld by the family, and was still unknown a year after the accident. Any corrections to this information should be e-mailed to me for inclusion with my thanks in advance.
Pictures of the victims are poor copies that were the best I could do from the newspapers. My apologies for the quality; any pictures, remembrances, or anything that family or friends wish to include here will be graciously accepted.
Each name on this list represents an entire life -- a set of skills, abilities, dreams, accomplishments, memories and future plans that were cut short on 9 Sep 1969 at 15:29 EDT. This memorial stands in tribute to these lives.
Passengers - Allegheny 853 |
Joseph Taylor Adams Jr.
St. Albans WV
49
Robert William Alexander
Niskayuna NY
36
Maria Haydee Alvarez*
Kirksville MO
20
Kristin Anderson*
Charlotte NC
26
Ronald Edward Annis
Cincinnati OH
35
Ralph J. Bays*
Red Lion OH
33
Richard A. "Chick" Boxwell
Middletown OH
43
Frank John James Brading*
Cincinnati OH
78
Jacob John "Chuck" Brown
Cincinnati OH
39
Vernon William Buchenberg Jr.
Glen Arm MD
34
Wallace Alfred Carlson
Dallas TX
44
Marvin Wesley Christy
Manchester CT
28
Garland Stanley Collins
Ellicott City MD
51
Edgar Russell Connover Jr.
Manchester MA
47
George Essig Dalbert*
Cincinnati OH
51
Sallie Allen Dalbert*
Cincinnati OH
51
Mary Ann Elizabeth DeCourcy*
Cincinnati OH
23
Thomas Matthew Dietrich Jr.
Cincinnati OH
34
James Mathes Dreyer
Frontenac MO
42
Robert Lee Dryer
Springfield IL
38
Roy John Ebrecht
Affton MO
31
Isabelle Anne (Sister Mary Kristen) Fellows*
New Haven CT
34
Jan Aulbert Fields*
Florence KY
36
Isadore Mordecai Fixman
Oak Park IL
63
Donald Staley Flynn
Auburn IL
43
Elizabeth Ann (Sister Mary Eucharia) Foley*
Manchester CT
38
Kenneth Wayne Fox*
Newport News VA
38
Gilmore Carlton Freeman
Garden City NY
40
Raymond Marshall Gillispie
Roanoke VA
50
Irene Marcella Groverman*
Monticello IN
56
Howard Harvey Hanks Jr.
Ballwin MO
41
Edward Joseph Hardebeck Jr.
S. Charleston WV
36
Theodus Laurei Harris
Baltimore MD
37
Harlin Lee Heath
Jennings MO
46
James Edward Heath*
Syracuse NY
39
Aaron W. Hubbell
Cincinnati OH
46
Donald Kirschbraun*
Dallas TX
42
Dr. Robert Harvey Kohr
W. Lafayette IN
44
Jerry W. Kulinski
W. Terre Haute IN
30
Henry David Lee*
Baltimore MD
35
Richard Leo Levis Jr.
Chesterfield MO
29
Augustine Josey Long
Cincinnati OH
66
Pauline Ann Long
Cincinnati OH
43
Lt. Gregory Augustine Long
Cincinnati OH
24
Frances VanNatta Marsh*
Indianapolis IN
81
Burney McCaw Marshall Jr.
Cincinnati OH
24
Mary Lee Thomas Marshall
Cincinnati OH
23
John Elbert Marshall
Kokomo IN
48
James Edward Martinson*
Knoxville TN
26
James Leslie (Brother Lambert Thomas) Matthews*
Glencoe MO
53
James Arthur Moore
Ferguson MO
50
Edward Gene Morgan*
Hanover PA
31
Julia Stannard Owens*
New Hartford NY
58
Linwood Kennerly Payne Jr.
Charleston WV
37
Dr. Charles Grenville Picton-Warlow*
Nedlands, Western Australia
33
Rev. John Power
Pueblo CO
38
Elmer William Quante*
Brookville IN
73
Alana Susan Reed*
Ashland KY
19
Dennis Henry Reekers
Cincinnati OH
39
James Curtis Rose
Cincinnati OH
40
Lee Price Roseberry
Louisville TN
48
Neil Howard Schoenfield
Valley Stream NY
46
Harry Prichard Shaw III
Charlotte NC
34
Jack Alan Siebert
Springfield IL
34
John Charles Smith
Los Alamitos CA
51
Gary Paul Stansbury
Broadview Heights OH
34
Barbara Joyce Stecher*
St. Ann MO
31
Gary Richard Strickland
Cincinnati OH
26
John Newton Swank
Mount Airy MD
33
Richard Lewis Tannen*
Silver Spring MD
21
Alvin Scott Thompson
Fort Thomas KY
45
Dorothy Helen Thompson
Harlan KY
46
Harold Parks Warren*
Cincinnati OH
27
Gary Frances Wientjes Jr.
Arlington Hts IL
28
Gayle Louise Wientjes
Arlington Hts IL
24
Robert Valentine Young*
Rising Sun MD
73
Greta Donache Young
Rising Sun MD
67
Crew - N7374J |
Crew - Allegheny 853 |
Pilot
James Matthew Elrod
Plainfield IN
47
Co-Pilot
William Eugene Heckendorn*
Newville PA
26
Stewardess
Patricia Ann Perry
Lynn MA
29
Stewardess
Barbara Louise Petrucick*
Boston MA
31
Off-Duty Stewardess
Linda Marlene Smalley
Thomaston ME
20
Those names marked with an asterisk denote persons whose remains were never identified,
and were therefore buried collectively in the 32 coffins at Shelbyville. Since all