1980 02/29 TN Frank Willie Walker

Incident Name: responding to a wildfire in Lauderdale Co, TN
Date: 2/29/1980
Personnel: Frank Willie Walker
Age: 61
Agency/Organization: Tennessee Division of Forestry
Position: firefighter

Summary: Willie Walker was killed in a traffic accident while responding to a wildfire in Lauderdale County, TN on February 29, 1980. Frank Willie Walker was the crew leader of the Lauderdale County Crew.

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near Arp, Lauderdale Co, TN

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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned

TN DOF: Vehicle accident en route to fire, Lauderdale County, TN
Note: No record in the Brief Anonymous NWCG Archive [Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996 (408 K pdf)]
Tennessee Fallen Firefighters Memorial: Willie Frank Walkeryear: 1980; fallen: Frank Willie Walker; notes: Vehicle accident enroute to fire; location: Lauderdale Co, TN
Familysearch: Willie Frank WalkerFind A Grave Index
Name: Willie Frank Walker

Event Type: Burial

Event Date: 1980

Event Place: Arp, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States of America

Birth Date: 15 Mar 1919

Death Date: 29 Feb 1980

Affiliate Record Identifier: 55195923

Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery

Age: 61