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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...


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...
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