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Never Forget: 24 9/11 Victims from Prince George's County Remembered

While the nation remembers the 3,000 people who died during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, communities in Prince George's County are remembering the neighbors they lost that day.

Twenty four Prince George's County residents lost their lives on the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on our nation.

One of the youngest victims, three-year-old Dana Falkenberg of University Park, was headed to Australia with her family when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.

Follow is a list of those lost in the 9/11 attacks from our region. Please leave a note of remembrance.

  • Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, 36, of Forestville
  • Carrie Blagburn, 48, of Temple Hills
  • Angelene C. Carter, 51, of Forestville
  • Julian Cooper, 39, of Springdale
  • Ada Davis, 57, of Camp Springs
  • James Debeuneure, 58, of Upper Marlboro
  • Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park*
  • Leslie Whittington, 45, University Park *
  • Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park *
  • Zoe Falkenberg, 9, University Park*
  • Sandra Foster, 41, of Clinton      
  • Carolyn Halmon, 49, of Fort Washington    
  • Sheila Hein, 51, of University Park     
  • Jimmie Ira Holley, 54, of Lanham     
  • Brenda Kegler, 49, of Capitol Heights     
  • Gerard P. Moran Jr., 39, of Upper Marlboro      
  • Odessa V. Morris, 54, of Upper Marlboro      
  • James John Pycior Jr., 39, of Landover     
  • Cecelia E. Richard, 41, of Fort Washington     
  • Robert E. Russell, 52, of Oxon Hill      
  • Antionette Sherman, 35, of Forest Heights     
  • Edna Stephens, 53, of Capitol Heights      
  • Hilda E. Taylor, 62, of Forestville *     
  • Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, of New Carrollton
* Denotes resident who died on American Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon. All other residents were at the Pentagon.  Source: Gazette Newspaper, September 7, 2011 edition.


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