National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

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Helicopter Pilot
Age: 32
Year of Death: 1977

Thomas Paul Grady

Helicopter Pilot Thomas Paul Grady, age 32, of the Los Angeles County Fire Department died in a crash while fighting the Middle Fire in Angeles National Forest on July 24, 1977.

He served in the U.S. Army and with Air America in Vietnam from 1968-1974.

This firefighter line of duty fatality occurred before the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial was built in Emmitsburg, Maryland. We have added a section to our Walk of Honor® that honors firefighters who died prior to 1981. To see if there is a Walk of Honor® tribute for this firefighter on the walk, please visit our search page. To sponsor a brick, please visit: firehero.org/walkofhonor.

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