Smokejumper Obituary: Putnam, James Eugene (North Cascades 1948)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Sgt. James E. Putnam (USMC) was killed in combat May 31, 1951, in Korea. He was born February 5, 1926, in Wheatland, Wyoming, and graduated from Aberdeen (WA) H.S. in 1943. Jim 17, enlisted in the Marines and served in the South Pacific being discharged in 1946. He attended and graduated from Washington State in Agriculture Education using the GI Bill for his education. In 1950 he married Evelyn Branch and was called back into the Marine Corps in December 1950 and shipped to Korea in January 1951. He is buried in the Wenatchee, Washington City Cemetery. While in Korea his son Kenneth was born. Ken went on to service in the Marine Corps.

Identifier

Putnam_James-Eugene_North-Cascades_1948

Publication Date

August 2021

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Putnam, James Eugene (North Cascades 1948)" (2021). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1485.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1485