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Stanley Joseph Reba

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Stanley Joseph Reba Veteran

Birth
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Death
5 Aug 1949 (aged 25)
Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Burial
East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7557233, Longitude: -73.3977533
Plot
J, 14882
Memorial ID
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Stanley was a 25-year-old smokejumper when he and 14 other smokejumpers parachuted into Mann Gulch to fight a fire that started on August 5, 1949 and lasted for five days. A few minutes later, a 'blow-up' caused the fire to grow by 3,000 acres, killing 12 of the smokejumpers and one other firefighter.
Stanley was a 25-year-old smokejumper when he and 14 other smokejumpers parachuted into Mann Gulch to fight a fire that started on August 5, 1949 and lasted for five days. A few minutes later, a 'blow-up' caused the fire to grow by 3,000 acres, killing 12 of the smokejumpers and one other firefighter.


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