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Wall of Honor
The Illinois State Police has proudly served the citizens of Illinois since 1922. Let us remember those officers who lost their lives while upholding their oath to serve and protect. We dedicate this site to them and extend our deepest sympathy to their families and friends.
Glenn D. Gagnon • Trooper – District 6 • Served - June 6, 1946 to December 28, 1952
Trooper Glenn Gagnon was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a car that had passed his patrol car at 80 mph on Route 54 near...
Millard R. Courtney • Trooper – District 4 • Served - May 1, 1949 to April 11, 1951
Trooper Courtney was killed when his patrol car struck a train at a crossing on 147th Street near Sibley Boulevard in Dolton. The...
Corwin L. McConkey • Sergeant – District 10 • Served - September 21, 1941 to March 8, 1951
Sergeant Corwin McConkey succumbed to gunshot wounds received two weeks earlier during a traffic stop near Cisco, Illinois. While he was...
Ben R. Seaton • Trooper – District 7 • Served - June 2, 1942 to October 24, 1949
Trooper Seaton was killed in an automobile accident at a gravel intersection when another car entered the intersection at the same time...
Roy Kyle Moody • Trooper – District 9 • Served - January 8, 1941 to February 28, 1949
Trooper Roy Moody was killed when his patrol car was struck by a freight train. Having finished a break in a restaurant on the outskirts...
George L. Fredrickson • Trooper – District 11 • Served - March 24, 1944 to September 1, 1947
Trooper George Fredrickson was electrocuted by a power line at the scene of an accident on Route 100 approximately two miles west of...
Forrest F. Spencer • Trooper – District 13A (District 22) • Served - May 23, 1945 to October 27, 1946
Trooper Forrest Spencer was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating an accident near Olmstead, Illinois. Trooper Spencer was...
Marvin C. Archer • Trooper – District 6A (District 21) • Served - December 17, 1941 to June 18, 1946
Trooper Archer was shot and killed after he and his partner stopped a car for questioning in Paxton, Illinois. As the troopers approached...
Samuel Mangiamele • Trooper – District 3 (District Chicago) • Served - June 13, 1942 to May 25, 1945
Trooper Mangiamele succumbed to injuries received five days earlier when his police motorcycle went out of control on loose gravel at...
Charles J. Deans • Trooper – District 13 • Served - January 1, 1940 to August 8, 1944
Trooper Deans was killed in a motorcycle accident while transferring a motorcycle from Benton to Duquoin. The motorcycle experienced...
Phillip B. Guinto • Sergeant – District 2 • Served - September 1, 1930 to August 5, 1943
Sergeant Guinto was killed in a motorcycle accident on Route 20 near Volo, Illinois. He had lost control of his motorcycle and skidded...
Ralph R. Newman • Trooper – District 13 • Served - October 20, 1937 to August 20, 1941
Trooper Newman was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol near the town of Buckner at 1200 hours. A vehicle attempted to make a...
Rocco Gragido • Trooper – District 4 (District Chicago) • Served - November 11, 1930 to September 11, 1940
Trooper Rocco Gragido was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a vehicle that had run a red light at 63rd Street and Archer...
Eugene Roberts • Trooper – District 2 • Served - August 8, 1937 to February 18, 1940
Trooper Eugene Roberts was struck and killed by a vehicle while working a commercial vehicle weight enforcement detail on Route 34 near...
Albert Cecil Brokmyer • Trooper – District 13 • Served - March 17, 1933 to November 19, 1939
Trooper Cecil Brokmyer succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier in Carrier Mills while attempting to arrest a man for an...
Frank Tamulis • Trooper – District 13 • Served - March 6, 1936 to August 9, 1937
Trooper Tamulis was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol on Southwest Highway near Oak Lawn. He struck the back of a truck...
Ray Embree • Trooper – District 9 • Served - December 16, 1935 to October 15, 1936
Trooper Embree was killed in an automobile accident while returning to the district headquarters in Springfield. He and a Secretary of...
Leo J. LaVelle • Trooper – District 7 • Served - March 8, 1933 to November 24, 1934
Trooper Leo LaVelle succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle crash two months earlier while on patrol on Route 80 near Rapids City....
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