2003 Notices of Line of Duty Death
| Flight Nurse Kelly Bates | |
| Age: | 38 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| Flight Nurse Diane Codding | |
| Age: | 36 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| Pilot Art Gotisar | |
| Age: | 48 |
| Date of Death: | December 23, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Reach Air Ambulance, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| CFR Dixie Steckelberg | |
| Age: | 60 |
| Date of Death: | December 18, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | December 20, 2003 |
| Agency: | Lovilia Fire Dept, Lovilia, IA |
| Cause of Death: | Probable MI while working at the scene of a motor vehicle crash |
| EMT-I Marjory C. Brooks | |
| Age: | 73 |
| Date of Death: | August 25, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Barton Ambulance Squad, Inc., Barton, VT |
| Cause of Death: | MVA Responding to a call |
| EMT Randy Neal Jones | |
| Age: | 23 |
| Date of Death: | July 28, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Iredell County Rescue, Statesville, NC |
| Cause of Death: | MVA Responding to a call |
| Paramedic Robert Gilmore | |
| Age: | 60 |
| Date of Death: | July 5, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | July 9, 2003 |
| Agency: | Polk County EMS, Bartow, FL |
| Cause of Death: | Stroke |
| Paramedic Billie Cobb | |
| Age: | 33 |
| Date of Death: | June 15, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | June 22, 2003 |
| Agency: | Gerald Area Ambulance District, Gerald, MO |
| Cause of Death: | MVC while responding to call |
| EMT-Student Deborah Toler | |
| Age: | 38 |
| Date of Death: | June 12, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | TBA |
| Agency: | Central Texas College EMT Program, Killeen TX |
| Cause of Death: | Struck at scene of MVC |
| Pilot Brent F. Cowley | |
| Age: | 49 |
| Date of Death: | June 7, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | June 12, 2003 |
| Agency: | Life Flight - LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Cause of Death: | Aero-medical aviation accident |
| EMT-D Merlin Casey | |
| Age: | 66 |
| Date of Death: | May 10, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | May 15, 2003 |
| Agency: | Mount Horeb Volunteer Fire Dept/EMS, Mount Horeb, WI |
| Cause of Death: | Cardiac Arrest |
| Pilot Michael F. Russell | |
| Age: | 52 |
| Date of Death: | January 28, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | |
| Agency: | Air Angels, Inc., West Chicago, IL |
| Cause of Death: | EMS Helicopter Crash |
| Flight Paramedic Chuck Jerpe | |
| Age: | 47 |
| Date of Death: | January 27, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | February 4, 2003 |
| Agency: | Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA |
| Cause of Death: | Injuries resulting from a rotor wing crash |
| EMT-I James E. Taylor | |
| Age: | 28 |
| Date of Death: | January 19, 2003 |
| Date of Funeral: | January 22, 2003 |
| Agency: | Bonham Fire Department , Bonham, TX |
| Cause of Death: | Involved in an MVA while responding to the scene of an accident |
The posting of a Notice of Line of Duty Death is for notification purposes only. Eligibility for inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that NEMSMS Criteria is met and that a Nomination Form be completed and submitted to the Service.