Since the Peace Corps began in 1961, nearly 200,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 countries. Honored here are the 279 volunteers who have died while in service to their country.
Click on any underlined name below to learn more about a fallen volunteer. If you know of a name that is missing from the list or if you are a friend or family member of a fallen PCV and would like to contribute a picture, a story, or something different, please email: webmaster@fpcv.org.
| Elizabeth Alden Landis | Mozambique | 2011 |
| Lena Jenison | Mozambique | 2011 |
| Emily Balog | Paraguay | 2011 |
| Julianne Amundson | Jordan | 2011 |
| Cannon Stamm | China | 2011 |
| Stephanie Chance | Niger | 2010 |
| Thomas Maresco | Lesotho | 2010 |
| So-Youn Kim | Morocco | 2009 |
| Joseph Chow | Tanzania | 2009 |
| Kate Puzey | Benin | 2009 |
| Bertie Lee Murphy | Belize | 2008 |
| Catherine Saltwick | Botswana | 2008 |
| Blythe Anne O’Sullivan | Suriname | 2007 |
| John Douglas Roberts | Vanuatu | 2007 |
| Marilyn Foss | China | 2007 |
| Julia Cecele Campbell | Philippines | 2007 |
| Justin Brady | Mali | 2006 |
| Matthew Costa | Mali | 2006 |
| Tessa Horan | Tonga | 2006 |
| Wyatt Ammon | Zambia | 2005 |
| Patricia Scataloni | Macedonia | 2005 |
| Melissa Mosvick | Morocco | 2004 |
| Gregor Baker | Ecuador | 2004 |
| Erik (Rik) Weiss | Philippines | 2004 |
| Zachary Merrill | Mali | 2003 |
| Ronald McDearman | Kenya | 2002 |
| Elizabeth Bowers | Zambia | 2002 |
| Susan Fagan | Ghana | 2001 |
| Wyatt Pillsbury | Tanzania | 2001 |
| Walter Poirier (missing) | Bolivia | 2001 |
| Carlos Amador | El Salvador | 2001 |
| Natalie Waldinger | Tanzania | 2001 |
| Larisa Jaffe | Zimbabwe | 2001 |
| Jang Lee | Uzbekistan | 2001 |
| Jennifer Leah Rose | Malawi | 2000 |
| Judith Pasmore | Lesotho | 2000 |
| William DiDiego | Cote d'Ivoire | 2000 |
| Jesse Patrick Thyne | Guinea | 2000 |
| Justin Bhansali | Guinea | 2000 |
| Brian Krow | Ukraine | 1999 |
| Helene Hill | Namibia | 1999 |
| Karen Phillips | Gabon | 1998 |
| Joie Kallison | Namibia | 1998 |
| Kevin Leveille | Cote d'Ivoire | 1998 |
| Kathryn MacGillivary | Malawi | 1998 |
| Etienne Victor Verloo | Ukraine | 1998 |
| Timothy Simpson | Nepal | 1998 |
| Robert Bock | Philippines | 1998 |
| Jeremiah Mack | Niger | 1997 |
| Jeremy Rolfs | Lesotho | 1997 |
| Chad Nettesheim | Dominican Republic | 1997 |
| Elizabeth Livingston | Costa Rica | 1997 |
| Nancy Coutu | Madagascar | 1996 |
| Kyrstin Scharninghausen | Namibia | 1996 |
| Annika Rodriguez | Honduras | 1996 |
| Robert Lindstrom | Poland | 1996 |
| Laura Stedman | Swaziland | 1995 |
| Jeffrey Orton | Niger | 1995 |
| Andrew Shippee | Cameroon | 1995 |
| Donald Weber | Hungary | 1995 |
| Lucille Raimondo | Guatemala | 1995 |
| Thomas Barakatt | Western Samoa | 1994 |
| Layne Pfaffenberger | Guatemala | 1993 |
| Michele Sylvester | Senegal | 1993 |
| Karren Wald | Togo | 1993 |
| Mary Johnson | China | 1993 |
| William Nordmann | Nepal | 1992 |
| Varina Rogers | Malawi | 1992 |
| Susan Harding | Cote d'Ivoire | 1992 |
| Gloey Wiseman | Bolivia | 1991 |
| David Edwards | Namibia | 1991 |
| David Schaeffer | Tanzania | 1990 |
| Daniel Ohl | Kenya | 1990 |
| Margaret Schutzius | Chad | 1989 |
| Dorothy Osborne | Dominican Republic | 1989 |
| Michelle Drabiski | Paraguay | 1989 |
| Andrew Karrer | Micronesia | 1988 |
| Danuta Kassowska | Thailand | 1988 |
| Steven Butler | Tunisia | 1988 |
| Juanita Quiton | Swaziland | 1988 |
| Brenda Crawford | Swaziland | 1988 |
| Matthew Norton Sherman | Honduras | 1988 |
| Scott Glotfelty | Togo | 1988 |
| Joseph Teates | Guatemala | 1987 |
| Audrey Smith | Philippines | 1985 |
| Raymond Kruger | Morocco | 1985 |
| Audrey Copeland | Ecuador | 1985 |
| John Wright | Ecuador | 1985 |
| William Schaffer | Nepal | 1984 |
| Lesa Sanftleben | Lesotho | 1984 |
| William Mathis, Jr. | Zaire | 1984 |
| Charles Turneer | Philippines | 1984 |
| Ronald Cecchini | Thailand | 1984 |
| Jennifer Rubin | Togo | 1984 |
| Mark Streb | Niger | 1984 |
| Shaun O’Brien | Philippines | 1984 |
| Peter Wolfe | Guatemala | 1984 |
| James Wood | Togo | 1983 |
| Mark Edstrand | Niger | 1983 |
| Terry Strong | Lesotho | 1983 |
| Diana Hess | Kenya | 1983 |
| Kathryn Crotty | Mali | 1983 |
| Michael Wood | Guatemala | 1983 |
| Joseph Sheriff | Micronesia | 1983 |
| Kimberly Morken | Botswana | 1983 |
| Robert Long | Liberia | 1983 |
| Steven Presnal | Ecuador | 1982 |
| Bridgette McClellan | The Gambia | 1981 |
| Darryl Adkins | Jamaica | 1981 |
| Jeanne Corbin | Jamaica | 1981 |
| Marshal Haggard | Nepal | 1981 |
| Paul Chaljub | Chile | 1981 |
| John Marshall | Mali | 1981 |
| Janis Hyatt | Swaziland | 1981 |
| Brian Edens | Senegal | 1981 |
| Daniel Greenwald | Philippines | 1981 |
| Margaret Carmona | Philippines | 1981 |
| Philip Cyr | Nepal | 1981 |
| Harry Hushaw | Thailand | 1981 |
| Theodore Cooper | Philippines | 1981 |
| Diana Fillmore | Gabon | 1980 |
| David Ruben | Micronesia | 1980 |
| Thomas LeSuer | Lesotho | 1980 |
| Mitchell Woodward | Ecuador | 1980 |
| Marian Baciewicz | Ghana | 1980 |
| Lynne Masover | Fiji | 1980 |
| Thomas Lockhart | Sierra Leone | 1980 |
| Lois Ann Lane | The Gambia | 1979 |
| Timothy Matthews | Sierra Leone | 1979 |
| Eugene Galgas | Ghana | 1978 |
| Debora White | Togo | 1978 |
| Robert Owens | Morocco | 1978 |
| Robert Benson | Tonga | 1978 |
| Dennis Stilson | E. Caribbean | 1978 |
| Robert McFate | Chile | 1978 |
| Robert Jonas | Colombia | 1978 |
| Christine Thompson | Ecuador | 1978 |
| Robert Warren | Honduras | 1978 |
| Richard Kelly | Belize | 1978 |
| Christopher Luecke | Liberia | 1978 |
| Jerry Bryan | Brazil | 1978 |
| Lester Gliessman | Kenya | 1978 |
| Florence Krok | Kenya | 1977 |
| Gary Wilcox | Fiji | 1977 |
| Louise Wolf | Morocco | 1976 |
| Polly Zimmerman | Morocco | 1976 |
| Deborah Gardner | Tonga | 1976 |
| June Cross | Liberia | 1976 |
| Richard Mulvihill | Cameroon | 1976 |
| Robert Davis | Burkina Faso | 1976 |
| Paul Johnson | Guatemala | 1976 |
| Roseanne Provini | Honduras | 1976 |
| Stephen Malone | E. Caribbean | 1976 |
| Charles Pinney | Malaysia | 1976 |
| James Hoffman | Liberia | 1976 |
| George Bradfield | Chile | 1976 |
| Thomas Carpenter | Sierra Leone | 1976 |
| Francis Gavit | Honduras | 1975 |
| H. Benjamin Gamber | Kenya | 1975 |
| Thomas Cronin | Philippines | 1975 |
| Roy Prior | Honduras | 1975 |
| Stephen Hamer | Malaysia | 1975 |
| Barbara Christie | Benin | 1975 |
| Cecil Perkins | E. Caribbean | 1975 |
| Harold Summers | Benin | 1975 |
| Diane Fahey | Liberia | 1975 |
| Grace Russomanno | Liberia | 1975 |
| Jacqueline Chezem | Costa Rica | 1975 |
| Robert Pastuszak | Cote d'Ivoire | 1975 |
| Gerald Robillard | Zaire | 1975 |
| Curtis Jacoby | Dominican Republic | 1974 |
| Robert Parker | Dominican Republic | 1974 |
| Denise Rosser | Cote d'Ivoire | 1974 |
| Denise Blake | Afghanistan | 1974 |
| Bethanne Bahler | Jamaica | 1974 |
| Dennis Pfost | Peru | 1974 |
| Linda Robinson | Niger | 1973 |
| Roderic Turner | Ethiopia | 1973 |
| Gregory Baker | Dominican Republic | 1973 |
| Wilburn Johnson | Senegal | 1973 |
| Rene Courtway | Benin | 1973 |
| Linda Fink | Zaire | 1973 |
| Steven Messer | Costa Rica | 1973 |
| John Davidson | Ecuador | 1972 |
| Robert Lillig | Nepal | 1972 |
| William L. West | Kenya | 1972 |
| Elizabeth Aldrich | Kenya | 1972 |
| Paul Spratt | Zaire | 1972 |
| William Challed | Iran | 1972 |
| Louis Morton | Uganda | 1972 |
| James Ryan | Ethiopia | 1972 |
| James Weeks | Mauritius | 1972 |
| Alan C. Banner | Western Samoa | 1972 |
| Robert Ritger | Ecuador | 1972 |
| Dennis Ota | Togo | 1972 |
| Craig Pollock | Ecuador | 1972 |
| Linda Manke | Kenya | 1971 |
| Terry Lawyer | Togo | 1971 |
| James Henrietta | Liberia | 1971 |
| Michael Periard | Liberia | 1971 |
| Valeria Roberts | Liberia | 1971 |
| Robert Whitfield | Ghana | 1971 |
| Marsha Ragno | Liberia | 1971 |
| Richard Leahy | Ecuador | 1971 |
| Ann Kenney | Micronesia | 1971 |
| Agatha Thornton | Liberia | 1971 |
| Philip Holland | India | 1971 |
| Kalman Hahn | Ghana | 1971 |
| Ronald Kuhn | Sierra Leone | 1971 |
| Joseph Nonnemacker | Micronesia | 1971 |
| Paul Overholtzer | Mauritius | 1970 |
| David Bogenschneider | Kenya | 1970 |
| Susan Rodgers | Kenya | 1970 |
| Daniel Jandorf | Malaysia | 1970 |
| Marie Clutterbuck | Peru | 1970 |
| Gail Gross | Peru | 1970 |
| Judith Bosch | Iran | 1970 |
| David McCarthy | Micronesia | 1970 |
| John Willis | Jamaica | 1970 |
| Martha Merrill | Liberia | 1970 |
| Marilyn McKay | Liberia | 1970 |
| Susan Davey | Liberia | 1970 |
| Frederick Schwartz | Swaziland | 1970 |
| Sandra Smith | Bolivia | 1969 |
| Jeannette Stafford | Philippines | 1969 |
| Henry Shuler | India | 1969 |
| Michael Kotzian | Colombia | 1969 |
| Patrick O’Reilly | El Salvador | 1969 |
| Susan Losikoff | Malaysia | 1969 |
| Henry Farrar | Afghanistan | 1969 |
| William Hellyer | India | 1968 |
| Thomas Laffey | Malawi | 1968 |
| William Ackerman | Colombia | 1968 |
| Virginia Zink | Nigeria | 1968 |
| John Beckner | Malaysia | 1968 |
| John O’Brien | Fiji | 1968 |
| Salvador Vazquez | Colombia | 1968 |
| Alexei Zbitnoff | El Salvador | 1968 |
| Mark Raymaker | Tanzania | 1968 |
| Rose Anne Crimmins | India | 1967 |
| John Blum | India | 1967 |
| Susan Traub | Ethiopia | 1967 |
| Peter Nelson | Iran | 1967 |
| James Stout, Jr. | Morocco | 1967 |
| Bruce Gould | Philippines | 1967 |
| William Reiser | Ghana | 1967 |
| Marcia Pearson | Turkey | 1967 |
| Dennis Pearson | Turkey | 1967 |
| David Larson | Dominican Republic | 1967 |
| Diane Nitahara | Nigeria | 1966 |
| Henry George Shine | Nigeria | 1966 |
| Robert Weland | Nepal | 1966 |
| Lowell Dunn | Thailand | 1966 |
| Thomas Ashton | Iran | 1966 |
| James Redmann | E. Caribbean | 1966 |
| Thomas Hassett | Nepal | 1966 |
| Troy Ross | Peru | 1966 |
| Gerald Flynn | Ecuador | 1966 |
| Paul Bond | Ecuador | 1966 |
| Florice Barnum | Togo | 1966 |
| William Olson | Ethiopia | 1966 |
| Peverly Kinsey | Tanzania | 1966 |
| Curtis Larson | Ecuador | 1966 |
| John Parrott | Kenya | 1965 |
| Judith Corley | Cameroon | 1965 |
| James Driscoll | Togo | 1965 |
| Johnnes Vonfoerster | Nigeria | 1965 |
| James Hughes | Ecuador | 1965 |
| Robert Zech | Dominican Republic | 1965 |
| Gareth Simmons | Dominican Republic | 1965 |
| Francis Kirking | Iran | 1965 |
| Stanley Kowalczyk | Nigeria | 1965 |
| Don Humphrey | Chile | 1965 |
| Joy Darling | Bolivia | 1965 |
| Cynthia Myers | India | 1964 |
| Bruce McKeen | Nepal | 1964 |
| Roger McManua | Philippines | 1964 |
| Frederick Detjen | Colombia | 1963 |
| Philip Maggard | Philippines | 1963 |
| Nancy Boyd | Philippines | 1963 |
| Dale Swenson | Brazil | 1962 |
| David Mulholland | Philippines | 1962 |
| David Crozier | Colombia | 1962 |
| Lawrence Radley | Colombia | 1962 |