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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.

Reginald Eugene Adams, Jr., MCC member, former Jesuit scholastic, partner of Ricky Soleto.

Joseph Henry Adams, 51, partner of Sid Espinache.

The official General Case Report of the New Orleans Police Department is filed on August 30, two months after the fire. The report lists the names of 28 persons who died. Joe Adams and Reginald Adams are mistakenly identified as the same person.

Memorial service program in Los Angeles and in New York plus a report on the service in San Francisco along with information about auctions there being organized to raise funds and a blood drive.

Letter from MCC San Francisco Pastor Jim Sandmire to his congregations draws the MCC connections to the New Orleans tragedy.