1936 08/09 WY Archie Murphy CCC

Incident Name: forest fire near Moskee, WY
Date: 8/9/1936
Personnel: Archie Murphy, CCC, from Sioux Falls, SD
Age: 22
Agency/Organization: Civilian Conservation Corps
Position: CCC firefighter

Summary: Archie Murphy, 22, a CCC enrollee from Sioux Falls, SD was fatally injured when a falling timber crushed him on 8/9/1936.

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near Camp Moskee, WY

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1936-08-09-wy-ccc-firefighter hit by tree and killed near Camp Moskee, WYrecord from Lessons Learned Center database:
Date: 8/9/1936

Location: Camp Moskee

State: Wyoming

Incident: Accident: Hit by Tree

Category: Fire

Organization: Federal

Agency: CCC

Number of People: Not Applicable

Shelters Available: Not Applicable

Shelters Deployed: Not Applicable

Fatalities: 1

Injuries: Not Applicable
Billion Graves: Archie Murphy from Sioux Falls, SD buried in Woodlawn Cemetary (43.52583, -96.71333) in his home town
Archie Murphy named as fallen