Margaret Parker

Margaret Parker, 12, Montgomery, Alabama. Room 1604. Pictured here with her mother who survived the fire. They were in Atlanta to shop.

A.J. Burns

Ashley John Burns, 26, Ossining, New York, Room 1416. Grandson of founder of Burns Detective Agency.

Jimmy McDonald

Jimmy McDonald, 39, Memphis, Tennessee. Room 1624. CPA for Federal Public Housing Authority. Stationed in Atlanta but traveled throughout the Southeast. Wrote home to wife and daughter in Memphis every day.