Smokejumper Obituary: Rozeboom, Gerrit Andrew (Cave Junction 1943)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Gerrit, 85, died May 18, 2003, in Martinez, California. He was born November 12, 1917, in Bowman, North Dakota. Gerrit was a Methodist and drafted into Civilian Public Service out of Sebastopol, California, in 1942. His occupation at that time was listed as being a farmer. He was assigned to Camp 21 in Cascade Locks, Oregon, before going to Camp 103 to be trained as a smokejumper. Gerrit was one of the 10 jumpers assigned to the new base in Region 6 at Cave Junction, Oregon. That group made 12 fire jumps on five fires that season. From there he went to Camp 27 in Tallahassee, Florida, to work on public health and hookworm elimination before being discharged in 1944.

Identifier

Rozeboom_Gerrit-Andrew_Cave-Junction_1943

Publication Date

January 2002

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Rozeboom, Gerrit Andrew (Cave Junction 1943)" (2002). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1253.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1253