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 19 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
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