Incident Name: Tillamook Fire
Date: 7/26/1945
Personnel: Joe Dillich
Age: 50
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Position: wildland firefighter, faller
Summary: on July 26, 1945 Joe Dillich was killed while working with a pumper trying to hold back the steadily advancing Tillamook Fire. He was crushed under a falling section of tree.
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