IFLODD: Firefighter Memorial


Firefighter Record

Firefighter Details

Name Walter Mulvihill
Agency Chicago Fire Department
Rank Captain
Type of Firefighter Career
Age Range 56 to 60
Sex Male
Date of Birth 0/0/0
Date of Death 11/29/1951
Cause of Death [Unknown]
Nature of Death [Unknown]
Attribute of Death [not applicable]
Type of Duty Post-incident

Incident Details

Incident Name N/A
Incident City Chicago
Incident State IL
Incident Date 11/28/1951
Incident Location Residential
Incident Attribute Basement fires , Fires

Incident Summary

On November 28, 1951, Chicago Fire Department Captain Walter F. Mulvihill of Engine 108 fell ill after directing firefighters during a residential basement fire on N. Harding Avenue. Mulvihill died the following day, November 29, at Swedish Covenant Hospital.

Citation:

“Capt. Walter Mulvihill, Stricken After Fire, Dies,” Chicago Daily Tribune, November 30, 1951.


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