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Larry Stratton, 25, from East St. Louis.

George Steven “Bud” Matyi, 27, successful musician & MCC member; partner of Rod Wagener.

Leon Richard Maples, 31, auto mechanic visiting New Orleans from Jacksonville, Florida. (picture taken afternoon of fire.)

Duane George “Mitch” Mitchell (pictured on left), 31, beauty supply salesman and MCC assistant pastor, died going back into fire to save his partner, Louis Horace Broussard (see above). Mitch & Horace had dropped off Mitch’s sons at a nearby movie…

Robert K. Lumpkin, 29, from Mississippi.

Ferris LeBlanc, buried in Potter’s Field as no one claimed his remains.

Deacon William R. Larson, 47, interim pastor of MCC New Orleans, formerly a Methodist lay minister.

Kenneth Paul Harrington, 48, federal government employee, pictured with his partner, Frank Landry, who died a few years before the fire.

James Walls Hambrick, 45, Navy veteran and successful businessman, died June 28, 1973, from burns sustained in the fire.

Glenn Richard “Dick” Green, 32, Navy Veteran and MCC member. Partner of Michael Scarborough who survived the fire with serious injuries.

Gerald Hoyt Gordon, 37, from Cornersville, Tennessee, Air Force veteran and shipping clerk.

John Thomas Golding, 49, member of MCC Board of Elders, married to Jane Golding.

Horace “Skip” Getchell, 35, MCC member and freight dispatcher, partner to Bill Farrell.

David Stuart Gary, 22, ragtime pianist who played at the Upstairs Lounge and the Marriott Hotel across the street, was friend of Bill Larson.

Adam Roland Fontenot, 32, linguist and partner of Douglas “Buddy" Rasmussen, Upstairs bartender who led several patrons to safety.

Donald Walter Dunbar, 21, from Tampa, Florida.

Herbert Dean Cooley, 32, Upstairs Lounge bartender and MCC member, one of the last victims to be identified.

Luther Boggs, 47, computer programmer, died July 10, 1973, after treatment for third degree burns over 50% of his body.

Joe William “Bill” Bailey, 29, waiter from Dadeville, Alabama and partner of Clarence Joseph McCloskey, Jr. (see below).

Guy Anderson, friend of William Larson, visiting New Orleans from Illinois.