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Victims of the 1943 Hauser Creek Fire

Incident Name: Barrett-Cottonwood Morena Fire in the Cleveland National Forest.More than 70 Marines from the Pine Valley training camp and the 10th Army Buffalo Soldiers Cavalry Regiment from Camp Lockett fought the fire on 10/2/43, building indirect handline in a steep drainage. When the strong Santa Anas (E winds) diminished, the normal canyon SW winds increased, reversing the direction of the fire and pushing the marines up into Hauser Canyon. Their retreat to a safe area was cut off. Almost all were caught and injured; 4 outran the fire. 9 Marines and 1 Army soldier (and possibly 1 civilian) were overrun and died.

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Leroy Carter

4 Sep 1915 – 3 Oct 1943

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA

Roger Dean Kirkpatrick

28 Apr 1924 – 3 Oct 1943

Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska, USA

Plot info: B100W3

PFC George Fred Lehman

28 Mar 1923 – 5 Mar 1944

Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA

Plot info: 18-2-17-NSE

PVT Ralph Clay Peters

11 Apr 1911 – 2 Oct 1943

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

Pvt Frank Cotta Rogers

21 Nov 1912 – 1 Dec 1943

San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA

Plot info: SECTION E SITE 224

PFC Wilbur Vincent Rossen

10 Apr 1923 – 2 Oct 1943

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

Plot info: SECTION A-11 SITE 2010

PVT Norman Lee Shook Jr.

1924 – 2 Oct 1943

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

PFC Ishmael Worth Wesson

11 Jul 1923 – 2 Oct 1943

McLemoresville, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA

Carl E Winkelman

unknown – 1943

Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

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