Smokejumper Obituary: Schmidt, Willard D. (Missoula 1945)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Willard, age 76, died in Sacramento, California, on December 25, 2002. He was born in Andover, Kansas, on February 23, 1926. At age 18 he registered for the draft and qualified for the Civilian Public Service program. During the 1945 fire season he was one of the CPS jumpers at Missoula. Following the war, most of his life was lived in the Andover, Kansas area. He is buried at Lakeview Cemetery at Wichita, Kansas.

Identifier

Schmidt_Willard-D_Missoula_1945

Publication Date

September 2020

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Schmidt, Willard D. (Missoula 1945)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 389.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/389