Three of the 19 Hotshot fire crew members killed in an Arizona wildfire had firefighting in their genes, following their fathers' footsteps.

A make shift memorial and a sign reading "Heroes" is displayed outside of Station 7 in Prescott, Arizona
A make shift memorial and a sign reading "Heroes" is displayed outside of Station 7 in Prescott, Arizona (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Several were family men and all are remembered fondly by friends and relatives.

Chris MacKenzie, Wade Parker and Kevin Woyjeck all had fathers who were firefighters.

Former firefighter Dav Fulford-Brown tells The Riverside Press-Enterprise that MacKenzie "lived life to the fullest" and was working on a promotion.

Prescott, Ariz., resident Elise Smith says 29-year-old Andrew Ashcraft "just had a really sweet spirit about him." He leaves behind a wife and four children.

Robert Caldwell's aunt calls him was "a gentle giant." He was married with a 5-year-old stepson.

The depictions were typical of people's recollections about all the victims.

The men were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s.

Dark Day For Arizona

The exterior sign of Station 7 is seen through American flags hung on a fence
The exterior sign of Station 7 is seen through American flags hung on a fence (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama is promising Arizona's governor the necessary federal support to battle the fast-moving wildfire that killed 19 firefighters.

The blaze has spread to 13 square miles, destroying 50 homes and threatening 200 more in the town of Yarnell.

At a Monday memorial for the firefighters, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called it "as dark a day as I can remember."

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