Since the Peace Corps began in 1961, more than 235,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 141 countries. Honored here are those volunteers who 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.
* (An asterisk denotes that the volunteer died very shortly following close of service, in-country, and/or of service-related causes)
- Chidinma EzeaniGhana2019
- Donovan GreggRwanda2019
- Alan HalePhilippines2019
- Jonathan MitchellTogo2018
- Mitchell HerrmannNamibia2018
- Bernice “Bea” HeidermanComoros2018
- Hanna HuntleyArmenia2017
- Cody OserPanama2017
- Cameron BurtonMalawi2017
- Diane VeillerUganda2016
- Andrew FarrMozambique2016
- Robert LehmanTanzania2015
- Shalin Shah*Peru2015
- David RipleyRwanda2015
- John PetersenNamibia2014
- Porter KnightParaguay2014
- Ashley EarlNamibia2014
- John ClayTanzania2013
- Danielle DunlapGhana2013
- Danielle GucciardoUganda2013
- Nicholas CastleChina2013
- Paul BlumZambia2012
- Lena JenisonMozambique2011
- Alden LandisMozambique2011
- Emily BalogParaguay2011
- Julianne AmundsonJordan2011
- Cannon StammChina2011
- Stephanie ChanceNiger2010
- Thomas MarescoLesotho2010
- John HarringtonNicaragua2010
- So-Youn KimMorocco2009
- Joseph ChowTanzania2009
- Kate PuzeyBenin2009
- Bertie MurphyBelize2008
- Catherine SaltwickBotswana2008
- Blythe O’SullivanSuriname2007
- John RobertsVanuatu2007
- Marilyn FossChina2007
- Julia CampbellPhilippines2007
- Justin BradyMali2006
- Matthew CostaMali2006
- Tessa HoranTonga2006
- Wyatt AmmonZambia2005
- Stephen Lotti*Bolivia2005
- Patricia ScatoloniMacedonia2005
- Melissa MosvickMorocco2004
- Gregor BakerEcuador2004
- Erik (Rik) WeissPhilippines2004
- Zachary MerrillMali2003
- Ronald McDearmanKenya2002
- Elizabeth BowersZambia2002
- Susan Fagan*Ghana2001
- Wyatt PillsburyTanzania2001
- Walter Poirier*Bolivia2001
- Carlos AmadorEl Salvador2001
- Natalie WaldingerTanzania2001
- Larisa JaffeZimbabwe2001
- Jang LeeUzbekistan2001
- Jennifer Leah RoseMalawi2000
- Judith PasmoreLesotho2000
- William DiDiegoCote d'Ivoire2000
- Justin BhansaliGuinea2000
- Jesse ThyneGuinea2000
- Brian KrowUkraine1999
- Helene HillNamibia1999
- Karen PhillipsGabon1998
- Joie KallisonNamibia1998
- Kevin LeveilleCote d'Ivoire1998
- Kathryn MacGillivaryMalawi1998
- Etienne Victor VerlooUkraine1998
- Timothy Simpson*Nepal1998
- Robert BockPhilippines1998
- Jeremiah MackNiger1997
- Jeremy RolfsLesotho1997
- Chad NettesheimDominican Republic1997
- Elizabeth LivingstonCosta Rica1997
- Nancy CoutuMadagascar1996
- Robert Lindstrom*Poland1996
- Annika RodriguezHonduras1996
- Kyrstin ScharninghausenNamibia1996
- Jeffrey OrtonNiger1995
- Donald WeberHungary1995
- Lucille RaimondoGuatemala1995
- Andrew Shippee*Cameroon1995
- Laura Stedman*Swaziland1995
- Thomas BarakattWestern Samoa1994
- Layne PfaffenbergerGuatemala1993
- Michele SylvesterSenegal1993
- Mary JohnsonChina1993
- Karren WaidTogo1993
- Varina RogersMalawi1992
- Susan HardingCote d'Ivoire1992
- William NordmannNepal1992
- Gloey WisemanBolivia1991
- David EdwardsNamibia1991
- David SchaefferTanzania1990
- Daniel OhlKenya1990
- Molly Thomas*Tunisia1990
- Dorothy OsborneDominican Republic1989
- Michelle DrabiskiParaguay1989
- Margaret SchutziusChad1989
- Andrew KarrerMicronesia1988
- Danuta KassowskaThailand1988
- Steven ButlerTunisia1988
- Juanita QuitonSwaziland1988
- Brenda CrawfordSwaziland1988
- Matthew ShermanHonduras1988
- Scott GlotfeltyTogo1988
- Nancy Hart*Nepal1987
- Joseph TeatesGuatemala1987
- Audrey SmithPhilippines1985
- Raymond KrugerMorocco1985
- Audrey CopelandEcuador1985
- John WrightEcuador1985
- William SchafferNepal1984
- William Mathis, Jr.Zaire1984
- Charles TurneerPhilippines1984
- Ronald CecchiniThailand1984
- Jennifer RubinTogo1984
- Mark StrebNiger1984
- Peter WolfeGuatemala1984
- Shaun O’BrienPhilippines1984
- Lesa SanftlebenLesotho1984
- James WoodTogo1983
- Mark EdstrandNiger1983
- Terry StrongLesotho1983
- Diana HessKenya1983
- Kathryn CrottyMali1983
- Michael WoodGuatemala1983
- Joseph SheriffMicronesia1983
- Kimberly MorkenBotswana1983
- Robert LongLiberia1983
- Steven PresnalEcuador1982
- Bridgette McClellanThe Gambia1981
- Darryl AdkinsJamaica1981
- Jeanne CorbinJamaica1981
- Marshal HaggardNepal1981
- Paul ChaljubChile1981
- John MarshallMali1981
- Brian EdensSenegal1981
- Daniel GreenwaldPhilippines1981
- Margaret CarmonaPhilippines1981
- Philip CyrNepal1981
- Theodore CooperPhilippines1981
- Janis HyattSwaziland1981
- Harry HushawThailand1981
- Diana FillmoreGabon1980
- David RubenMicronesia1980
- Mitchell WoodwardEcuador1980
- Lynne MasoverFiji1980
- Thomas LockhartSierra Leone1980
- Thomas LeSuerLesotho1980
- Marian BaciewiczGhana1980
- Lois Ann LaneThe Gambia1979
- Timothy MatthewsSierra Leone1979
- Eugene GalgasGhana1978
- Deborah WhiteTogo1978
- Robert OwensMorocco1978
- Robert BensonTonga1978
- Dennis StilsonE. Caribbean1978
- Robert McFateChile1978
- Robert JonasColombia1978
- Richard KellyBelize1978
- Christopher LueckeLiberia1978
- Jerry BryanBrazil1978
- Lester GliessmanKenya1978
- Robert WarrenHonduras1978
- Christine ThompsonEcuador1978
- Florence KrokKenya1977
- Gary WilcoxFiji1977
- Louise WolfMorocco1976
- Polly ZimmermanMorocco1976
- Deborah GardnerTonga1976
- June CrossLiberia1976
- Richard MulvihillCameroon1976
- Robert DavisBurkina Faso1976
- Paul JohnsonGuatemala1976
- Roseanne ProviniHonduras1976
- Stephen MaloneE. Caribbean1976
- Charles PinneyMalaysia1976
- James HoffmanLiberia1976
- George BradfieldChile1976
- Thomas CarpenterSierra Leone1976
- H. Benjamin GamberKenya1975
- Thomas CroninPhilippines1975
- Roy PriorHonduras1975
- Stephen HamerMalaysia1975
- Barbara ChristieBenin1975
- Cecil PerkinsE. Caribbean1975
- Harold SummersBenin1975
- Diane FaheyLiberia1975
- Grace RussomannoLiberia1975
- Jacqueline ChezemCosta Rica1975
- Robert PastuszakCote d'Ivoire1975
- Gerald RobillardZaire1975
- Curtis JacobyDominican Republic1974
- Robert ParkerDominican Republic1974
- Denise RosserCote d'Ivoire1974
- Dennis PfostPeru1974
- Bethanne BahlerJamaica1974
- Denise BlakeAfghanistan1974
- Linda RobinsonNiger1973
- Roderic TurnerEthiopia1973
- Wilburn JohnsonSenegal1973
- Rene CourtwayBenin1973
- Linda FinkZaire1973
- Steven MesserCosta Rica1973
- Gregory BakerDominican Republic1973
- John DavidsonEcuador1972
- Robert LilligNepal1972
- William L. WestKenya1972
- Elizabeth AldrichKenya1972
- Paul SprattZaire1972
- William ChalledIran1972
- James RyanEthiopia1972
- James WeeksMauritius1972
- Robert RitgerEcuador1972
- Dennis OtaTogo1972
- Alan C. BannerWestern Samoa1972
- Louis MortonUganda1972
- Craig PollockEcuador1972
- Linda MankeKenya1971
- Terry LawyerTogo1971
- James HenriettaLiberia1971
- Michael PeriardLiberia1971
- Valeria RobertsLiberia1971
- Robert WhitfieldGhana1971
- Marsha RagnoLiberia1971
- Richard LeahyEcuador1971
- Agatha ThorntonLiberia1971
- Philip HollandIndia1971
- Kalman HahnGhana1971
- Ronald KuhnSierra Leone1971
- Joseph NonnemackerMicronesia1971
- Ann KenneyMicronesia1971
- Paul OverholtzerMauritius1970
- David BogenschneiderKenya1970
- Susan RodgersKenya1970
- Daniel JandorfMalaysia1970
- Marie ClutterbuckPeru1970
- Gail GrossPeru1970
- David McCarthyMicronesia1970
- John WillisJamaica1970
- Martha MerrillLiberia1970
- Marilyn McKayLiberia1970
- Susan DaveyLiberia1970
- Judith BoschIran1970
- Frederick SchwartzSwaziland1970
- Jeannette StaffordPhilippines1969
- Henry ShulerIndia1969
- Michael KotzianColombia1969
- Patrick O’ReillyEl Salvador1969
- Sandra SmithBolivia1969
- Henry FarrarAfghanistan1969
- Susan LosikoffMalaysia1969
- William HellyerIndia1968
- William AckermanColombia1968
- John BecknerMalaysia1968
- Salvador VazquezColombia1968
- Alexei ZbitnoffEl Salvador1968
- Thomas LaffeyMalawi1968
- Mark RaymakerTanzania1968
- Virginia ZinkNigeria1968
- John O’BrienFiji1968
- Susan Robertson*Venezuela1967
- Rose Anne Crimmins*India1967
- David LarsonDominican Republic1967
- Dennis PearsonTurkey1967
- Marcia PearsonTurkey1967
- William ReiserGhana1967
- Bruce GouldPhilippines1967
- James Stout, Jr.Morocco1967
- Peter NelsonIran1967
- Susan TraubEthiopia1967
- John BlumIndia1967
- Diane NitaharaNigeria1966
- Florice BarnumTogo1966
- Curtis LarsonEcuador1966
- Peverly KinseyTanzania1966
- William OlsonEthiopia1966
- Paul BondEcuador1966
- Gerald FlynnEcuador1966
- Troy RossPeru1966
- Thomas HassettNepal1966
- James RedmannE. Caribbean1966
- Thomas AshtonIran1966
- Lowell DunnThailand1966
- Robert WelandNepal1966
- Henry ShineNigeria1966
- Johannes von FoersterNigeria1965
- John ParrottKenya1965
- Joy DarlingBolivia1965
- Don HumphreyChile1965
- Stanley KowalczykNigeria1965
- Francis KirkingIran1965
- Gareth SimmonsDominican Republic1965
- Robert ZechDominican Republic1965
- James HughesEcuador1965
- James DriscollTogo1965
- Judith CorleyCameroon1965
- Harvey Hartley*Dominican Republic1964
- Roger McManuaPhilippines1964
- Bruce McKeenNepal1964
- Cynthia MyersIndia1964
- Nancy BoydPhilippines1963
- Philip MaggardPhilippines1963
- Frederick DetjenColombia1963
- Lawrence RadleyColombia1962
- David CrozierColombia1962
- David MulhollandPhilippines1962
- Dale SwensonBrazil1962
Linda Lucille Lane RPCV Columbia 1973?