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Walter Vance

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Walter Vance

Birth
Hart County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Aug 1927 (aged 34)
Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Officer Vance had served only three weeks with the Louisville Division of Police when he was murdered. While on duty and in plainclothes he chased a suspicious man from a store. During the chase another person shot and killed Officer Vance at Brook Street and Burnett Avenue.

He was survived by a wife, a son and three daughters. His brother was also a police officer with the same agency at the time of his murder.

"Officer Vance served with the Louisville Division of Police from July 22, 1927, until his death in the line of duty on August 25, 1927."

Source: Louisville Division of Police: 1806 - 2002" by Retired LPD Captain Mort Childress.
Officer Vance had served only three weeks with the Louisville Division of Police when he was murdered. While on duty and in plainclothes he chased a suspicious man from a store. During the chase another person shot and killed Officer Vance at Brook Street and Burnett Avenue.

He was survived by a wife, a son and three daughters. His brother was also a police officer with the same agency at the time of his murder.

"Officer Vance served with the Louisville Division of Police from July 22, 1927, until his death in the line of duty on August 25, 1927."

Source: Louisville Division of Police: 1806 - 2002" by Retired LPD Captain Mort Childress.


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