CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 21:  Flags fly on top of haulers in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 21, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.  (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) | Getty Images
CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 21: Flags fly on top of haulers in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 21, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Cup Teams to Honor Fallen Service Members at Coca-Cola 600

NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola returns for its eighth season, celebrating the service and sacrifice of U.S. service members and their families. Tributes this season began at Dover Motor Speedway (May 2) and will conclude with the 600 Miles of Remembrance during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day weekend.

At this weekend’s event all NASCAR Cup Series cars will feature a service member’s name on the windshield header. Additionally, friends and family of the featured service member will be hosted in an exclusive pre-race hospitality and be given tickets to the race.

The list of honored service members is as follows.  Click the name to be taken to their Find A Grave listing:

CAR # DRIVER FALLEN HERO
1 Ross Chastain SGT Joseph Randall Ray
2 Austin Cindric SGT John Michael Sullivan
3 Austin Dillon CW03 Scott Adam Stout
4 Kevin Harvick LCPL Phillip Gordon West
5 Kyle Larson SPC Rel Allen Ravago IV
6 Brad Keselowski SPC Bert Edward Hoyer
7 Corey LaJoie LCPL Rylee James McCollum
8 Tyler Reddick SP4/SPC Albert Flores Tristan
9 Chase Elliott 1LT Noah Harris
10 Aric Almirola PFC Adam Lee Marion
11 Denny Hamlin LCPL Jared Marcus Schmitz
12 Ryan Blaney CPL Squires
14 Chase Briscoe SGT Larry Robert “Robby” Bowman
15 Ryan Preece SFC Gary Ray Harper Jr
16 Noah Gragson PFC Sam Williams Huff
17 Chris Buescher 1STLT James Russell Zimmerman
18 Kyle Busch SGT William Raymond Thiem
19 Martin Truex Jr SSG Jeremy Dale Vrooman
20 Christopher Bell LCPL Jeromy David West
21 Harrison Burton CAPT James Ramsey
22 Joey Logano SGT Joel Amos House
23 Bubba Wallace SSG Craig W. Cherry
24 William Byron SFC Ronald Aaron Grider
31 Justin Haley TSGT Ryan Andrew Balmer
34 Michael McDowell CAPT Eugene William Kimmel
38 Todd Gilliland SSG Conrad Anthony Robinson
41 Cole Custer CPL Joshua McKay Moore
42 Ty Dillon SGM Christopher Adam Nelms
43 Erik Jones LTC Kenneth Arnold Stonebraker
45 Kurt Busch SCPO Shannon Mary Kent
47 Ricky Stenhouse COL Gail Seymour Halvorsen
48 Alex Bowman SPC Matthew Edward Baylis
50 Kaz Grala Eugene Williams
51 Cody Ware SFC Jefferson Donald Davis
77 Josh Bilicki LCPL James Ray Davenport
78 BJ McLeod SGT Joseph Peter Collette
99 Daniel Suarez SSGT Darin Taylor Hoover Jr.
CMS Pace Car SGT Patrick Michael Werme  
CMS Pace Car GYSGT Thomas Joseph Sullivan
CMS Grand Marshal SPC Trevor Brandon “Butch” Adkins
CMS Grand Marshal SFC Dennis Ray “Bucky” Murray
CMS Grand Marshal SGT Peter Christopher “Chris” Bohler
CMS Grand Marshal SSG Gene Arden Vance Jr

Special thanks to Debbie Meade, Ancestry Researcher & Find-A-Grave Volunteer for compiling the information.