Day/date: June 23, 1988


                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Self-inflicted Wounds to Visitor
Log number: 88-115
Date/time of incident: 6/22, 11 am   Date/time received: 6/23, 7 am
Park: Valley Forge      Location: Model Airplane Field
Reported by: Ginny Paci, RAD, MARO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Incident Summary
Late on the morning of the 22nd, 65-year-old H.H.S. of Devon,
Pennsylvania, walked approximately 200 yards from his vehicle into a field
off Route 52, stabbed himself several times, then staggered back to his car.
Someone spotted him and called park rangers and the Tedyfren Police
Department. H.H.S. was transported by helicopter to a hospital. He was
alive when he left the park, but there's been no word regarding his current
condition. Upon investigation, it was learned that he'd been reported
missing by his wife earlier that morning.