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James Oliver Harrison

Birth: 8 Jan 1929
Death: 5 Aug 1949 (aged 20)
Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Burial: Saint Mary's Cemetery

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 46.8875525, Longitude: -113.999868
Plot: BLOCK 21 - Row C - Grave #5 - Old Saint Mary
Memorial ID: 89684403 View Source

James was a 20-year-old forest guard when he assisted 15 smokejumpers who parachuted into Mann Gulch in fighting 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 James and 12 of the smokejumpers.

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