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Names of 19 firefighters killed in Arizona released

Posted at 5:39 PM, Jul 01, 2013
and last updated 2013-07-01 19:39:07-04

By CNN Staff

(CNN) — Nineteen members of an elite Arizona wildfire-fighting unit were killed Sunday while fighting the Yarnell Hill fire northwest of Phoenix.

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Below are the names of the 19, who were members of the Prescott Fire Department’s Granite Mountain Hotshots. The names were released Monday by the city of Prescott.

— Andrew Ashcraft, 29

— Robert Caldwell, 23

— Travis Carter, 31

— Dustin Deford, 24

— Christopher MacKenzie, 30

— Eric Marsh, 43

— Grant McKee, 21

— Sean Misner, 26

— Scott Norris, 28

— Wade Parker, 22

— John Percin, 24

— Anthony Rose, 23

— Jesse Steed, 36

— Joe Thurston, 32

— Travis Turbyfill, 27

— William Warneke, 25

— Clayton Whitted, 28

— Kevin Woyjeck, 21

— Garret Zuppiger, 27

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