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Leonard Lewis
1938
Leonard Wade Lewis.
How He Died
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Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Location: New Mexico
Incident Date: Tuesday, November 1, 1938
Forest Ranger Leonard Wade Lewis was killed in a motor vehicle crash about seven miles north of Jimenez Springs, New Mexico.
At around 7:30 p.m., Ranger Lewis was traveling from his ranger station in the Santa Fe National Forest to Rio de Las Vacas. He was driving his department-issued pickup truck with a horse trailer. The pickup truck and trailer went off the road and rolled several times down an embankment. He was discovered the next morning, crushed underneath the vehicle.
Ranger Lewis was a United States Army World War I veteran and had served with the United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations for fifteen years.
Incident Date: Tuesday, November 1, 1938
Forest Ranger Leonard Wade Lewis was killed in a motor vehicle crash about seven miles north of Jimenez Springs, New Mexico.
At around 7:30 p.m., Ranger Lewis was traveling from his ranger station in the Santa Fe National Forest to Rio de Las Vacas. He was driving his department-issued pickup truck with a horse trailer. The pickup truck and trailer went off the road and rolled several times down an embankment. He was discovered the next morning, crushed underneath the vehicle.
Ranger Lewis was a United States Army World War I veteran and had served with the United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations for fifteen years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and nine children.
Service Record
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United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations
Forest Ranger
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