James Joe Ferguson, 39, was director of geography education outreach at the National Geographic Society. He was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, accompanying three Washington, D.C. public school teachers and three students on a National Geographic-sponsored field trip to the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara, CA.
    Mr. Ferguson, who was known by his middle name, graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi and had worked at National Geographic for 14 years. He liked helping children learn about geography. When he bought presents for his brother’s children, he always bought geography books or a puzzle of the U.S. "Work and traveling was his life — and his family," said his mother, Barbara Harrell.
   Survivors include his mother and a brother.
   We will not forget him.

   Amelia Virginia Fields, who turned 46 on Sept. 11, worked in the Pentagon as a civilian secretary for the U.S. Army. She had been transferred there only two days earlier from Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
   She was born in Princess Anne, MD., and met her future husband, William, in high school. After they married, she accompanied him on his military assignments and volunteered at Navy hospitals. She was active at the First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries, VA.
   Survivors include her husband, a retired Marine Corps master sergeant, and their two children, William, Jr., 23, and Shantell Fields, 18.
   We will not forget her.

   Gerald P. Fisher, 57, was a consultant for Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He and two other employees of the firm had gone to the Pentagon to brief Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel, on an improved system for military employees' survivor benefits.
   Known by his childhood nickname "Geep," he earned a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University, a master's in social work from CSU-Sacramento, a master's in city planning and a doctorate in social policy and counseling from the University of Pennsylvania. His long career in government, academia and private industry included six years as an associate professor at the universities of Texas and Wisconsin. He spent 14 years as a manpower specialist and principal with Booz, Allen.  "He was warm, loving, compassionate and nonjudgmental," said his wife Christine.
   Survivors include his mother, Muriel Fisher, his wife, his son Jonathan and daughter Serena Leigh Dugan.
   We will not forget him.

   Darlene Ellen "Dee" Embree Flagg was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 with her husband, retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Wilson "Bud" Falor Flagg.
   A 1960 graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, she taught school in Annapolis, MD., and married Bud when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1961. She was a devoted Navy spouse, mother and grandmother, and was active in the communities where she lived. In Ridgefield, CT., she renovated Keeler Tavern and operated the gift shop. She was president of the Ridgefield Woman’s Club. In Millwood, VA., she was a member of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club and Greenway Garden Club. She was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winchester, VA. She was also an artist who helped foster children’s talent.
   Survivors include her two sons, Marc and Michael, a sister and four grandchildren.
   We will not forget her.

   Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Wilson “Bud” Falor Flagg was on American Airlines Flight 77 on Sept. 11 with his wife Darlene Ellen "Dee" Embree Flagg.
   A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he went on to flight training and was designated a Naval aviator. He was deployed three times to Southwest Asia on the USS Oriskany, two of them combat cruises. He left active duty in 1967 and joined American Airlines and the Naval Reserve.
   As a Naval Reserve officer, he commanded two F-8 squadrons and two augment units, U.S. Naval Air Forces Eastern Atlantic and Reserve Readiness Command Region Two. He served in the Pentagon as special assistant to the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for reserve affairs and as assistant chief of Naval operations for air warfare. He also served as assistant chief of staff, readiness and training, on the staff of commander Naval Air Forces U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and as deputy for reserve affairs on the staff of commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1986 and retired in 1995 with two stars. He retired in 1998 from American Airlines as a captain, flying international flights.
   He was a member of the Blue Ridge Hunt Club and a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winchester, VA.
   Survivors include two sons, Marc and Michael, and a sister.
   We will not forget him.

   Navy Aerographer’s Mate 2nd Class Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, worked in the Pentagon. He had recently been transferred off the night shift.
   He was a committed athlete who ran every other day and went home to Delaware on weekends to play softball in a community league. He loved meteorology. During his senior year in high school, he began to think of joining the Navy, and he and some friends dropped in to a local recruiting center. Recalled his mother, Sheila: "The more he listened to the recruiter, the more he wanted to go." He enlisted right after graduation.
   "We’re just so proud of him," said his father, Michael. "He dedicated his life to his job and his friends."
   We will not forget him.

   Sandra Nadine Foster, 41, was a senior management officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assigned to the Office of the Deputy Comptroller for Force Structure and Management, Office of the Comptroller.
   She had worked for the federal government since 1977, starting as an aide for the Federal Power Commission. In 1978 she joined the Department of Energy and then the DIA. Throughout her career, she received numerous awards for outstanding performance.
   "Her radiance could light up a room or a heart," said her husband, Kenneth. "Our girls on the basketball team knew her as Ms. Coach. She was a pillar of strength and she shared that strength."
   Survivors include her husband, stepsons Kyle and Kellen, her mother Barbara Hill, and a brother.
   We will not forget her.