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Clarence M. Robinson • Lieutenant – District 12A (District 19) • Served - January 1, 1941 to December 28, 1963
Lieutenant Robinson was assigned to District 12A (District 19) from January 4, 1928, to July 5, 193,3 and from January 1, 1941, to...
Dale A. Van Vooren • Trooper – District 7 • Served - November 15, 1957 to December 29, 1962
Trooper Dale Van Vooren was killed in an automobile accident as a result of a mechanical failure in his squad car. On what normally would...
Clarence U. Swain • Trooper – District 9 • Served - May 29, 1950 to August 1, 1959
Trooper Swain was killed in an automobile accident while driving an unmarked radar unit on a road feeding Route 66. A truck pulled out in...
Leo S. Burakowski • Trooper – District 15 • Served - August 4, 1957 to September 24, 1958
Trooper Leo Burakowski was killed in an automobile accident while patrolling the Illinois Tollway near Libertyville. His patrol car left...
Harry B. Bradley • Trooper – District 12 • Served - February 15, 1946 to October 24, 1957
Trooper Harry B. Bradley was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol in Lawrenceville. A taxicab backed in front of him, causing...
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...
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