Candlelight Memorial and Tribute Service to Fallen Officers is May 6

A memorial and tribute service – including a candlelight vigil for fallen law enforcement officers who lived, or served, in greater Prince William County – will be held on Monday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Grace Life Community Church, 9560 Linton Hall Rd., Bristow (20136). This annual event – which is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Prince William County Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association – honors the lives and service of 20 men and women who lived, or served, in Prince William County and died in the line of duty. They are:

• Justice of the Peace Thomas Simms Meredith, Prince William County Circuit Court – July 1922 
• Trooper Jackie M. Bussard, Virginia State Police – May 1970 
• Officer Paul T. White Jr., Prince William County Police – October 1973 
• Investigator Claude Everett Seymour, Virginia State Police – April 1975 
• Trooper Johnny R. Bowman, Virginia State Police – August 1984 
• Sergeant John D. Conner III, Manassas City Police – July 1988 
• Officer Phillip M. Pennington, Prince William County Police – November 1990 
• Trooper Jose M. Cavazos, Virginia State Police – February 1993 
• Special Agent William H. Christian Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation – May 1995 
• Detective John M. Gibson, United States Capitol Police – July 1998 
• Officer Marlon E. Morales, Metro Transit Police – June 2001 
• Special Agent Robert Martin Roth, Federal Bureau of Investigation – March 2008 
• Second Lt. Francis Joseph Stecco, Fairfax County Police – October 2008 
• Special Agent Chad L. Michael, Drug Enforcement Administration – October 2009 
• Special Agent Forrest N. Leamon, Drug Enforcement Administration – October 2009 
• Officer Paul Michael Dittamo, Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police – October 2010 
• Officer Chris Yung, Prince William County Police – December 2012 
• Officer Ashley M. Guindon, Prince William County Police – February 2016 
• Special Agent Thomas J. Mohnal, Federal Bureau of Investigation - February 2021
• Deputy Sheriff David W. Myers Jr., Prince William County Sheriff’s Office – December 2021