(Emmitsburg, Maryland-AP) -- Three Oklahoma firefighters killed<br>in the line of duty in 1997 and 1998 will be honored Sunday at the<br>National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.<br> <br>The three
Wednesday, September 29th 1999, 12:00 am
By: News On 6
(Emmitsburg, Maryland-AP) -- Three Oklahoma firefighters killed in the line of duty in 1997 and 1998 will be honored Sunday at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.
The three are among 95 firefighters from 33 states and Puerto Rico who will be honored at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Twenty-five-year-old volunteer firefighter Timothy Allen from the Central High Fire Department died June 29th, 1998, in a traffic accident on the way to a fire.
Forty-eight-year-old Warren Dee Myers Junior died of a heart attack while returning from a call for the Tulsa Fire Department on February eleventh, 1998. He was a 20-year veteran.
Twenty-nine-year-old Thomas Reynolds of the Terlton Community Fire Department died of thermal burns January 20th, 1997, while rescuing two children from an overturned dune buggy. He had served as a volunteer firefighter for more than 16 years.
The Tulsa Fire Department honor guard will participate in the ceremonies.
The names of 31 firefighters from Oklahoma who have died in the line of duty since 1981 are on plaques around the monument at the site.
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