Incident Name: fire on the Coconino National Forest
Date: 6/28/1956
Personnel: Alan Wilson, Jr of Rahway, NJ
Age: 28
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service, Coconino National Forest
Position: forest ranger, firefighter
Summary: Alan S Wilson Jr, 28 of Rahway, NJ and a forest ranger stationed at Flahstaff AZ, died last night as he battled one of 21 fires on the Coconino NF of AZ. He was crushed by a falling snag as he vainly tried to escape from beneath a blazing tree.
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- Alan Wilson from NJ named as fallen on Coconino National Forest fire.
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