Memorial Wall Honors Fallen Aviators, Friends, and Family

July 29, 2018 - The EAA Memorial Wall is a special place on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds honoring fallen friends, family, and others who have inspired future generations of aviators.

The 2018 dedication ceremony and reading of the newly added names will take place at 10 a.m. today, July 29, 2018. The program also includes a missing-man formation flight and the playing of taps.

The Memorial Wall was built from stones brought to Oshkosh by EAA members from around the world. Bronze plaques are installed each year bearing the names of the new inductees and are formally installed on the last day of the convention.

Here are the names added in the past year to the EAA Memorial Wall:

Bob Antcliff

Norman L. Baker

Owen C. Baker

Capt. Michael E. Blackstone

James W. Brown

George E. Bullwinkel

Marion Bunch

Golda Cox

Charles A. Darnell

Col. John E. Davis

Arthur J. Edhlund

Stanley English

Edward Steptoe Evans

Robert Beverley Evans

Christine Friesner

Lewis J. Gerding

Richard M. Gibbons

Dave Hansen

David O. Harris

Thomas Hastings

Barry J. Hicks

Dr. Barrie C. Hiern Sr.

J. Thomas Hoffman

Paul A. Johns

Kenneth R. Johnson

Lt. Col. David W. Jones

Capt. Richard D. Kendel

Mark A. Kesling

Terry Koehn

Alexander J. Kovach

Mike Logan

Capt. Louis H. McAbee Jr.

Chuck McClure

Vern R. Miller

Alan D. Morphew

Douglas H. Norrie

Lacy L. Parker

Michael Pasahow

Jim Pavlicin

Roy D. Phifer Sr.

Mary Lou Riley

David A. Rosol

Jon Rute

Kenneth Simpson

Dennis Smith

Keith Svadba

William Usher

Zachary Jake VanderGriend

Floyd Lee Vuncannon

Doug Ward

Robert A. Wilkie

Joseph Godman Williams

Robert J. Windt

Jim Wright