Launched August 11, 2026
Content Notice: This page is intended for adults ages 18 and over. The Wall of Remembrance contains the names of adoptees who have died, including by suicide and murder. If viewing this page brings up difficult feelings or discomfort, we encourage you to visit our Resources page for support options available to adoptees.
Every name here represents an adoptee who lived, mattered, and deserves to be remembered.
The Adoptee Remembrance Day Wall of Remembrance is dedicated specifically to adoptees who have died by suicide, adoptees who were murdered by their adoptive parents, and adoptees who are missing with no trace.
Some of these adoptees died after carrying pain that was never adequately acknowledged. Some were killed in the very homes and families that were supposed to protect them. Some disappeared and have never been found. Their stories and circumstances are different, but their names belong here.
We do not need to know every detail of an adoptee’s life to say their name. Their names are enough.
This wall is a living memorial and a permanent place to remember them, honor their lives, acknowledge what happened to them, and refuse to allow them to disappear into silence.
On Adoptee Remembrance Day, October 30th, and throughout the year, we remember the adoptees who should still be here. We carry their names forward while continuing to bring greater awareness to adoptee suicide, violence against adoptees in adoptive homes, and missing adoptees.
To be included on this Wall of Remembrance, an adoptee must fall into one of these three categories: an adoptee who died by suicide, an adoptee murdered by an adoptive parent, or an adoptee who is missing with no trace.
This wall is not a general living memorial for every adoptee who has died, and it is not a search registry for living adoptees who are estranged, lost to contact, or have not yet been located by biological family.
If you know of an adoptee who belongs on this wall, please leave their first and last name in the comments below. Before submitting a name, please check the existing wall to make sure they are not already included. Names are listed alphabetically by first name.
Please submit names by October 15th for the best chance of being added before Adoptee Remembrance Day on October 30th. Later submissions are still welcome and will be added as time allows. If you notice an error, please let us know so it can be corrected.
Want to honor an adoptee in a personal and meaningful way? Our Make a Tribute page offers a dedicated way to remember an adoptee we have lost, honor an adoptee who is still here, or make a tribute in recognition of the adoptee community. Tribute contributions also help sustain the year-round work of Adoptee Remembrance Day.
If you would like to help sustain Adoptee Remembrance Day more broadly, your support helps maintain and grow the Wall of Remembrance, the website and domains, adoptee contributor honorariums, educational resources, outreach, awareness efforts, remembrance activities, and the ongoing work carried out throughout the year.
May every name be remembered. May every life be honored. May we never stop saying their names.
Adoptee Remembrance Day – October 30th
Abigail Hart
Adam Dreismeier
Adam Joseph Herrman
Adam Snyder
Ahmad Mashong King (Rawls)
Albert Young
Alejandro Gobright
Alex Charles Boucher
Alex Pavlis
Alexander Berg
Alexis “Lexie” Glover
Alexis Keintz
Alexis Nicole Long
Alexis Pavlis
Alicia Hirsch
Amani Kildea
Amanuali Kildea
Ammon Bliss
Amy Rayne Dye (Amythz Rayne Lewis)
Ana Loera (Charisma Marquez)
Ana Plante
Anatoli Kolenda
Andrea H. Swenson
Andrew Arthur Butler
Andrew Axel Burd
Andrew Murray Gallup
Angel Antonio Gonzalez Enck
Angel Martin
Angie Simpson
Anthony Otis Bars
Anthony Yung Kyoon Le Veque
Anuja Bliss
Arabella McCormack
Arve Beheim Karlsen
Ashenafi Lom
Asunta Basterra
Asunta Fong Yang
Aundria Michelle Bowman
Austin Eugene Bryant
Autumn Snyder
Azaeliyah Pili-Ah
Begidu Morris
Benjamin Yhip
Biruk Silvers
Blake Deven
Bo Li Collier
Breianna Melendez
Brian Edgar
Brittany Amanda Legler
Brogan Duhon
Brooklin Ru-Celing Craig
Bryan Boyer
Caleb Emmanuel Harris
Calista Springer
Camryn Morgan
Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore)
Carlos Beltran
Carlos Kammeraad
Carmen Alesandra Coddington
Caroline Karolkiewicz
Casey Joanna Brooks
Cassandra Killpack
Chaeli Kyrie (Hei Ming Chung)
Chan Yin – Tung (Fu Najuan)
Charisma Marquez
Charles Thomas McEntire ||| (Brandon Berry)
Charlotte Anderton
Charlotte Dawson
Chase Harrison
Chase Harrison (Dmitri Alexandrivich Yakolev)
Chelsea Mensinger
Christian Hall
Christine Montalbano
Christine Slonneger
Christopher Forder
Chrystal Rimirez
Ciera Hart
Cole Litkey
Colin David Jones
Collin Parker William Holdgrafer
Corey Greer
Cortney Lilitz
Cory Blakley
Cory Bradley McLauchlin
Crosby Justin White
Daniel J. Larson – Fine
Daniel Tucker
Danielle Christine Neal
David Alexander Polreis Jr.
David Briggs
David Cunningham
David James
David Soutar
Delylah Tara
Dennis Craig Jurgens
Dennis Gene Merryman (Denis Uritksy)
Dennis Merryman
Dericka Lindsay
Devonte Hart
Dominick (Andrew) J Diehl
Dominiqua Bryant
Douglas (Doug) William Larson
Dreydon Anthony Archuleta
Edward Dylan Bryant
Edward Galland
Eleanor Sueppel
Elise Scully – Hicks
Ella Karolkiewicz
Ellana Lin
Elsie Schully – Hicks (Shayla O’Brien)
Emilie Olsen
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping)
Enna Isabel Barreto
Eric Mason
Eric Zambrano Hill
Erica Lynn Parsons
Erik Mason
Esther Schudder
Ethan Sueppel
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster)
Faye Lin Cannon
Fesseha Sol Samuel
Freddi Berquist (Eric Illesov)
Frehiwot Gezahegn
Gabe Deely
Gabe Proctor
Gabriel Chufamo Deely
Galen Huelsemann
Georgina Hodson
Giacomo Trimarco
Giovanni Kee Chul Lovane
Giovanni Pietro Bollettieri
Gladys Campbell
Gopal Sejani
Grace Anastasia Packer (Susan Hunsiker)
Grace Packer
Greg Lee Bogey (Gracielo Cano)
Gustav Tjøstheim
Gustavo Adolpho Hunt
Hana Alemu
Hana Grace – Rose Williams (Hana Alemu)
Hana Williams
Hannah Carroll
Hannah Hart
Hannah Hoag
Hayosin
Heather “Sophie” Gray
Heather Allison Riggs
Helen Louise Gillin
Hildred Thomas Gasaway
Holly O’Connor Cooke
Hugh Edward Ralph O’Conner
Hynusu O’Callaghan (Hyun – Su Kim)
Hyun su Kim
Hyunsu O’Callaghan
In Sun Choo Gerritsen
Iosua Stevens
Isaac Dykstra
Isaac Jonathan Dykstra (Ilya Karguntsev)
Isabella “Ariel” Kalua (Ariel Sellers)
Iskane Legrand
Jackson Wingo
Jacob Lindorff
Jae Sook
Jaliek L. Rainwalker
James David Barnden
James L.B. Bonner
James W. Bader
Jane Pertzborn
Jane Trybulski
Jared Young
Jarod Hulsey (Jerry Gribbens)
Jas Waters
Jasmine Wilmott
Javon Nicholas Kunkel
Jaxon Sales
Jaylin Anderton
Jeffrey R. Franklin
Jennifer Pinder
Jeong In-yi
Jeremiah Hart
Jesse Valbuena
Jesse Wilson
Jessica Albina Hagman
Jessica Haggman
Jocelyn Chadwell
Johanne Ihle- Hansen
Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen
John Paul Lauren
John Smith
Johnny Morrow
Jon-Michael Ghiozzi
Jonas Wagner
Jonathan Gray
Jonathan Martin Williams
Jordanna Schriever
Joseph Jose Bebe
Joseph Maoping Adama
Joseph Seminara
Joseph Tae Holt
Joshua Isaias Lee
Joshua Pinckney
Joshua Vallow
Josiah Carroll
Joy J. Yi
Justin Steven Pribbernow (Justin McBride)
Kaileigh Lin Collier
Kairissa XingJing Mark
Kaleab Schmidt
Kameron Lee Bright
Karim Ouellet
Karreon Walker Franks
Katherine Hartley Short
Kayla Erlandson
Kehaulani Niu Sullivan
Keith Dowdell
Kevin B. Winn
Kevin Lewis (Kevin Shay)
Kevin Michael King
Kim Ik-Hyeon Macleod
Kimberly Blakley
Krystal Ann Tibbetts
Kushal Sahu
Kyle Golebieski
Kyle Paul Deusterhoff
L’Wren Scott
Leiland – James Corkill
Lew Eric Jones
Liam Dmitry Thompson
Liam Thompson
Lisa Steinberg (Elizabeth “Lisa” Launders)
Liu Xuezhou
Logan Higgenbotham (Anne Pochetnoy)
London Deven
Lucas Birchim
Lucas David Hirschi
Lucas Nathaniel Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia)
Luke Evans
Lydia Schatz
Ma’Khia Bryant
Maddie Hofmann
Madoc Hyunsu O’Callaghan
Maliyah Hope Garcia
Manuel Eduardo Heaton
Maria Anastasia Bennett (Anastasia Plotnikova)
Maria Bennett
Mark Peter Flood
Markis Hart
Mary Carroll
Max Alan Shatto (Maksim Kuzmin)
Max Shatto
Mayra Nicole Roberts
Meelah Miller
Megan Lewis (Megan Shay)
Meigan Lin Collier
Mekbul Timmer
Michael Blosil
Michael Miranda
Michael Webb
Mieya Deysi Daniel
Millie Peek
Mira Sueppel
Nahaniel Craver
Naomi Priya
Natalie Garcia
Natalie Jasmine Finn
Natalie Montaño
Nathaniel Michael Craver (Ivan “Vanya” Skorobogatov)
Nicholai Kohla Troy Methvin
Nicolai Emelyanster
Nicole O’Connor Cooke
Nicoli Emelyantsev
Nina Hilt
Nina Viktoria Hilt (Viktoria Bazhenova)
Noah Carroll
Nobel Boganwright
Nubia Barahona (Docter)
Olivia Chutich
Orrin West
Orson West
Oscar André Ocampo Overn
Peter Renfrew
Phillip Clay
Phillip W. Dalk
Preston Davey
R.M. Vaughan
Rebecca Park
Reid Eboney Marie Lemon
Reyna Oliver
Ricky Holland
Rigoberto Jansen
RJ Mitte
Rob Carlat
Ruth Jackson Lawrence
Sabrina Ray
Sacha Vallee
Sam Halpern
Sam Mercer
Sam Willoughby
Samuel Backer
Samuel Grumet
Sarah Han Dickman
Sean Paddock
Seena Holle
Seid Visin
Seth Johnson
Seth Sueppel
Shaun McSweeny
Shaun Tara
Sherin Mathews
Silas Shubin
Skyler Wilson
Sonn Thompson
Soonki Mantovani
Sophie Gray
Soraya Barnes
Stephanie McDonald
Tam Farrow
Terrilyn Destiny Dennis
Thaddeus Farrow
Timothy Boss
Timothy Luis Vincent
Troy Koehler
Tsega Lemma
Ty Andre
Victoria Rose Smith
Viktor Matthey (Viktor Sergievich Tulimov)
Wendy Vernon
Widlynn Jane Wright
William G. Rohrer ||| “Billy”
Wook Hyun
XinHua Mesenburg
Yana Kolenda
Yasmin Mahan
Yogini de Jong
Youn Sook Kim
Zachary Higier
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