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Roger Roth

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Roger Roth

Birth
Death
6 Jul 1994 (aged 30–31)
Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Memorial was placed in Missoula City Cemetery by the original maker. However, the cemetery has no record of this burial, and contemporary news reports indicate his funeral took place in L'Anse, MI. Add to Map
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Roger was a McCall hotshot smokejumpers that was killed in the firestorm on Storm King Mountain on July 6,1994. all together there were 14 fatalities during that fire, most of them were the 9 from Prineville, Oregon. that got caught on a fireline, after loosing radio communication with the ground, and realizing their situation tried to escape by running to another ridge before the fire overwhelmed them, they were not sucsessful.
Roger was a McCall hotshot smokejumpers that was killed in the firestorm on Storm King Mountain on July 6,1994. all together there were 14 fatalities during that fire, most of them were the 9 from Prineville, Oregon. that got caught on a fireline, after loosing radio communication with the ground, and realizing their situation tried to escape by running to another ridge before the fire overwhelmed them, they were not sucsessful.

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