Smokejumper Obituary: Wyatt, Willard Sterling "Bud" (McCall 1946)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Willard, 84, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, died March 30, 2008, and is buried in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. He was born November 2, 1923, in Tremonton, Colorado. Bud retired as a Colonel from the U.S. Army. His last duty assignment was serving as the operations action officer for the United States Army Material Command for the Emergency Operations. He was a paratrooper in WWII and served in the Korean War and Vietnam. Willard enlisted in the Army in April 1943 and was discharged in January of 1946. He jumped at McCall for the 1946-47 seasons and had nine training and 15 fire jumps. He enlisted in the Army again in 1949 and retired in December 1970.

Identifier

Wyatt_Willard-Sterling-Bud_McCall_1946

Publication Date

December 2020

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Wyatt, Willard Sterling "Bud" (McCall 1946)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 288.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/288