Juliann Ashcroft, whose 29-year-old husband was killed battling an Arizona wildfire CREDIT: CBS News Juliann Ashcraft’s husband was among the 19 firefighters who were killed five weeks ago while battling a huge blaze in Yarnell, AZ — the deadliest wildfire of the past 80 years. Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) and Vice President Joe Biden have called her late husband a hero.