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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...
