Incident Name:
Date: 9/14/1980
Personnel: Ronald Lee “Butch” Huddleston
Age: 25
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Forestry
Position: firefighter
Summary: Butch Huddleston was fighting a fire near Eugene in Lane County, OR, on September 14, 1980. A limb hit him in the head, killing him.
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near Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Oregon Death Index: Ronald Lee HuddlestonName: Ronald Lee Huddleston
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Sep 1980
Event Place: Lane County, Oregon
Birth Date: 08 Jun 1955
Certificate Number: 80-15151 (more at link)
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Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Find a Grave: Ronald Lee “Butch” HuddlestonName: Ronald Lee Huddleston
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1980
Event Place: Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 08 Jun 1955
Death Date: 14 Sep 1980
Affiliate Record Identifier: 101730751
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery
- Oregon Memorial: Ronald Huddleston
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