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EACH OF THESE 490 VICTIMS IS A STORY UNTO THEMSELVES; EACH Individual DESERVES THEIR MOMENT OF RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE.

A COMPLETE (AND VERIFIED) LIST OF THE 490 VICTIMS OF THE COCOANUT GROVE FIRE DISASTER IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1942.

This alphabetical listing of the 490 casualties of the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston was meticulously compiled by Cocoanut Grove historian David W. Blaney, a founding member of the memorial committee, from public and private sources in a decades-long process to identify and honor each fire casualty.
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alphabetical By Last Name

Meyer
,
Anna L.
Meyer, Jr.
,
Louis T.
Mikalonis (Mitchell)
,
Paul R.
Miller, Jr.
,
Gray W.
Moossa
,
Lucia H.
Moossa, Sr.
,
John N.
Morgan
,
Justin C.
Morris
,
Louise E.
Mulkern
,
Mary A.
Murphy
,
Catherine L. "Kay"
Murphy
,
Catherine M.
Murphy
,
John E.
Murphy
,
Robert S.
Murray
,
Alice C.
Murray
,
John J.
Nagle
,
Katherine L.
Nash
,
Louis J. "Barry"
Nash
,
Helen M.
Nelson
,
Carl E.
Norton
,
William Robert
Noyes
,
Dorothea F.
Noyes
,
John H.
Noyes
,
Robert R.
Nyland
,
Madeline C.
Ober
,
Douglas J.
O'Brien
,
Barbara P.
O'Brien
,
Helen F.
O'Brien
,
Virginia M.
O'Brien, Sr.
,
Francis A.
O'Dea
,
Hannah G.
O'Dea
,
Winifred B.
O'Neil
,
Anna Rita "Sally"
O'Neil
,
Catherine D.
O'Neil
,
Claudia N.
O'Neil
,
Isabelle E.
O'Neil
,
Kathleen B.
O'Neil
,
Thomas H.
O'Neil, Jr.
,
John F.
Oppenheim
,
Stéphane E.
O'Sullivan
,
Mary Rose
Paikos
,
John P.
Paré
,
Norman J.
Peavey
,
Jane M.
Penardi
,
Dominic
Pierce
,
Katherine M.
Pierce
,
Richard F.
Place
,
Eula M.
Plager
,
Abraham Richard
Playdon
,
Marilen H.
Plenty
,
Shadrack E. "Shady"
Polson, Sr.
,
David A.
Powell
,
John J.
Powell
,
Josephine A.
Powers
,
Dorothy C.
Powers (Pivorunas)
,
Antoinette
Preble
,
Ruth I.
Prendergast
,
Rodric I.
Preziuso, Jr.
,
Vincent H.
Proal
,
Hazel M.
Quinlan, Jr.
,
John H.
Rainer, Jr.
,
Osborne S.
Ramsay
,
William T.
Rapp
,
Walter R.
Reid
,
Ruth M.
Resnick
,
Alice
Resnick
,
Stanley D.
Richardson
,
Evelyn B.
Rifkin
,
Pauline G.
Riley
,
Carlton P.
Rivoire
,
Henry L.
Roberto
,
Mary J.
Robinson
,
Broaddus E.
Rogers
,
Mildred H.
Rogers
,
Muriel G.
Roland
,
William J.
Rosenbaum
,
Doris
Rosenfarb
,
Albert D. "Avy"
Ross
,
Edward J.
Roumeliotis
,
Christes M.
Rubin
,
Myrna "Minnie"
Russell
,
Carl B.
Russell
,
Roberta Jennie
Ryan
,
Laura A.
Salmon
,
Catherine F.
Salmon
,
James J.
Saphar
,
Caroline E.
Saunders
,
Pauline S.
Saunders, Jr.
,
Lee M.
Savage (Uservitch)
,
Helen
Scherer
,
Dorothy A.
Schorling
,
Conrad E.
Schwartz
,
Jacob L. "Jack"
Seidman
,
Joseph
Seletsky
,
Philip
Shaktman
,
Joseph
Shaktman
,
Mollie
Shanker
,
Monty W.
Sharby, Jr.
,
Frederick P.
Sharby, Sr.
,
Fred P.
Shea
,
William T. "Bubbles"

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Emergent Memory:
The CocoaNut Grove Memorial
The Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization was founded in October of 2015 by a group of civic leaders, fire professionals, physicians and historians to establish a memorial to the 490 victims of the Cocoanut Grove Fire, to educate the public on the fire’s history, and promote awareness of public safety. This website is intended to be the definitive source on the fire through rigorous fact checking.