Archie M. Murphy

Sioux Falls, SD

1934-35, 1790, Rochford, F-5,
1936, Camp Narrows, SP-3,

A Mystic boy, Archie Murphy, was killed in line of duty, fighting the fierce forest fire at Moskee, Wyo., Aug. 8, 1936. A burning snag pinned the 19-year old Sioux Falls lad to the ground. He was rushed to a hospital where he died 12 hours later. He was the only CCC boy who has been killed.cr badly injured fighting forest fires in the Black Hills.

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