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Obituary
John died August 10, 2005. He was born January 9, 1929, in Fayetteville, Arkansas and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. He graduated from Montana State University in 1953 with a degree in Forestry. John was deployed to Korea that year with the US Army. He stayed in the Army Reserve and retired as a Lt. Colonel in the 1980s. John worked as a Forester with the state of Montana 1955-57, Assistant District Ranger USFS, Warland, Montana, 1957-64 and Assistant District Ranger USFS, Bozeman, Montana, 1965-mid 80's. Gypo sawyer mid-80s-mid-90s. John jumped at Missoula 1949-51.
Identifier
Heckman_John-Howard_Missoula_1949
Publication Date
August 2024
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Heckman, John Howard (Missoula 1949)" (2024). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1706.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1706
