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Below: This photo was taken looking
southward from the ridge that separates
Meriwether Canyon and Mann
Gulch (not shown). The limestone canyon in the foreground is part of the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area.
Robert J. Bennet age 22, Paris, TN Eldon E. Diettert died on 19th birthday, Moscow, ID James O. Harrison age 20, Missoula, MT William J. Hellman age 24, Kalispell, MT Phillip R. McVey age 22, Babb, MT David R. Navon age 28, Modesto, CA Leonard L. Piper age 23, Blairsville, PA Stanley J. Reba, Brooklyn, NY Marvin L. Sherman age 21, Missoula, MT Joseph B. Sylvia age 24, Plymouth, MA Henry J. Thol age 19, Kalispell, MT Newton R. Thompson age 23, Alhambra, CA Silas R. Thompson age 21, Charlotte, NC Survived the Mann Gulch Fire: Walter Rumsey 21 at time of fire, born in Larned, KA, died in 1980 plane crash at age 52 Robert Sallee 17 at time of fire, born Willow Creek, MT, lived in Spokane, WA, died in 2014 at age 82. Wagner Dodge age 33 at time of fire, died 5 years later of Hodgkin's disease
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Died as a result of the
fire: