Incident Name: forest fire in the Bighorn National Forest
Date: 8/15/1940
Personnel: Herbert Cook
Age: 57
Agency/Organization: Northern Land Company
Position: supervisor, firefighter
Summary: On August 15, 1940, Herbert J Cook, 57, of Buffalo WY, was fighting a forest fire in the Big Horn National Forest in Wyoming when he died of an apparent heart attack.
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Big Horn National Forest, near Buffalo, WY
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- US Census 1900 when he was 17, born April, 1883 in Buffalo WY: Herbert Cook
- US WWI Draft Registration Cards: Herbert Jefferson Cook. Johnson County WY, birthday 14 April, 1983
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