Incident Name: Mosquito Creek Fire
Date: 9/3/34
Personnel: Claude E. Shannon
Age: 30
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service
Position: National Forest ranger / firefighter
Summary:
On September 3, 1934, Claude E. Shannon, 30, Targhee National Forest ranger, died at Jackson, Wyoming, after a heart attack believed to have resulted from his activity during the past week in working on the Mosquito Creek forest fire near Jackson, Wyoming.
Maps
Very general location based on the fire name: Mosquito Creek Road, Jackson, WY
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
Although not a CCC enrolee, there’s reference to Claude Shannon’s death in
CCC Worker Is Killed Fighting Forest Fire
Sep 4, 1934| pay per view article
His death brings to five the number of men killed fighting fires in Region No. 1 of the forest service, which embraces Western Montana, Northern Idaho and …
Claude E. Shannon, 30, Targhee National Forest ranger, died at Jackson, Wyoming, after a heart attack believed to have resulted from his activity during the past week in working on the Mosquito creek forest fire near here …
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