Honoring WASHTO member employees who lost their lives in the line of duty
The Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials wish to pay tribute to those dedicated and valuable employees of member states that are killed while working on and around transportation facilities. WASHTO will donate $2,000 per employee (unless otherwise modified by the Board of Directors) to the member states as a contribution to honor the employees killed in the line of duty. The donation maybe presented to the employee’s family, a designated charity, or used by the Transportation Agency in establishing and maintaining a memorial to their employees killed in the line of duty.
(Partial List)
| Year | State | Employee |
| 1991 | Idaho | Joe Glenn |
| 1992 | Colorado | Eddie Jmel |
| Louis Volturo | ||
| 1994 | Arizona | Anthony Arnold |
| Idaho | Dennis Morgan | |
| 1995 | Colorado | Richard Gorrell |
| 1996 | Arizona | John Tucker |
| Colorado | Thomas Frank | |
| David Stekr | ||
| Oregon | Adrin A. Pointer | |
| Idaho | Mike Malloy | |
| 1997 | California | Hal Bierlein |
| Wayne Bowers | ||
| Michael Kelley | ||
| Paul While | ||
| Oregon | Lawrence E. Holland | |
| Washington | Gordon Burlingame | |
| Edward J. Fabeck | ||
| Michael D. Malone | ||
| 1998 | Arizona | Ken Mattox |
| Oklahoma | Gary Ledbetter | |
| Wyoming | Kelly Douglas | |
| Chris Logsdon | ||
| 1999 | California | Paul Chavez |
| David Jones | ||
| Charles Demming | ||
| Nebraska | James Soto | |
| Patrick M. Boyer | ||
| New Mexico | Louie Martinez | |
| 2000 | Alaska | Kerry Brookman |
| Texas | Clyde A. Pitman | |
| Washington | Samuel E. Williams | |
| Idaho | Dennis Taylor | |
| 2001 | Alaska | Jerry Louden |
| Arizona | Calvin Nelson | |
| California | Linda Sutton | |
| Idaho | Duane Gibbons | |
| Dennis Taylor | ||
| Texas | Larry Burney | |
| Gregory Jares | ||
| 2002 | Idaho | Jay Lee Morris |
| Washington | Wayne J. (Jake) Baardson | |
| 2003 | Colorado | Ernest Finehout |
| Montana | Frank Brzoticky | |
| Texas | Sonny J. Tippett | |
| 2004 | California | Michael A. Felicano |
| William J. Calloway | ||
| Colorado | Paul Forster | |
| Eladio Lopez | ||
| Wyoming | John Boltz | |
| Idaho | Chris Dixon | |
| 2005 | California | Daniel Broeske |
| Idaho | Toby Stevens | |
| Jim Onthank | ||
| New Mexico | Ben Lopez | |
| Oklahoma | Judd Faudree | |
| Texas | Jeffery McNeil | |
| Juan D. Martinez | ||
| 2006 | Arizona | Nicolas Leonet |
| California | Jackie R. Aldridge | |
| Sean Merriman | ||
| Colorado | Rodger Bell | |
| Charles Mather | ||
| Idaho | Art Fournier | |
| North Dakota | Larry Warne | |
| Texas | Sean A. Hayes | |
| 2009 | Washington | Neal Richards |
| 2010 | New Mexico | Steve Vigil |
| Ben Lopez | ||
| Jeremy Jude Marquez | ||
| Texas | Hector Dominguez, Jr. | |
| Tony Overhultz | ||
| 2011 | California | Gary Smith |
| Stephen Palmer, Sr. | ||
| Richard Gonzales | ||
| Jaime Obeso | ||
| Idaho | Jonathan Prahasto | |
| Oklahoma | Terry Clubb | |
| A. C. Evans | ||
| Washington | Billy Rhynalds | |
| 2012 | Nebraska | Jim Jepsen |
| Oklahoma | Tim Vandiver | |
| Ira Henderson | ||
| 2013 | Alaska | Robert Hammel |
| California | Joseph Jones | |
| Shawn Baker | ||
| Montana | Joe Karnes | |
| Oklahoma | Tim Vandiver | |
| Ira Henderson | ||
| Utah | Craig Patterson | |
| Texas | Ciro Lozano | |
| 2014 | Alaska | Leon Evans |
| Arizona | Ronald Griffin | |
| Texas | Michael S. Bailey | |
| Oregon | Don Kendall | |
| 2015 | Nevada | Ronald Raiche Jr. |
| Colorado | David Morris | |
| Montana | Jason Rolls | |
| 2016 | Idaho | Doug Freeman |
| California | Jorge Lopez | |
| California | Oscar Vargas | |
| New Mexico | David Eggert | |
| New Mexico | Anthony Rivera | |
| Oklahoma | Gordon Pipkin | |
| Oklahoma | Jerald Warden | |
| Oklahoma | Jarrell Gray | |
| Washington | Bruce Cowing | |
| 2017 | California | Randy Whisenhunt |
| California | Annette Brooks | |
| Idaho | Bryon Bidegain | |
| Texas | Jeffrey B. Lancaster | |
| 2018 | Idaho | Matt Kime |
| Oklahoma | Rickie Nichols | |
| Colorado | Nolan Olson | |
| Texas | Cody Babineau | |
| Texas | Cesar Martinez | |
| Arizona | Robert Danzo | |
| California | William Casdorph | |
| Montana | Jeff Dyekman | |
| 2019 | Colorado | Eric Hill |
| New Mexico | Michael Cisneros | |
| South Dakota | Gary Steinhoff | |
| 2020 | Arizona | Frank Dorizio |
| Idaho | Mark Reinke | |
| 2021 | North Dakota | Zack Helmers |
| 2023 | Nebraska | Dave Schwartz |
| 2023 | Nebraska | Mark Wells |
