This bronze plaque is attached to a granite monument measuring 26.25” tall, 45” wide, 12.5” deep (base) and 2” deep (top). The plaque memorialized the six men, including Governor Donald G. Nutter, who died in an airplane crash in Wolf Creek Canyon on January 25, 1962. Others killed in the crash were Dennis B. Gordon (Executive Secretary to the Governor), Edward C. Wren Commissioner of Agriculture), and three members of the Montana Air National Guard, Maj. Clifford Hanson, Capt. Joseph Devine, and M. Sgt. Charles W. Ballard. The plaque was originally placed in the Capitol, but was rededicated at the north end the Montana Centennial Square (see above) on September 16, 2006.
