--Wisconsin State Patrol memoriam
State patrolman's
traffic death 1st
in force history
The death of a State Patrol trooper
Sunday night in a collision between his
squad car and a semi-trailer truck in
Monroe County was the first death of
a trooper in a traffic accident in the
41-year history of the State Patrol, of-
ficials said Monday.
Gary Powless, 31, Black River
Falls, was killed when his westbound
squad car was struck by an eastbound
truck that had apparently blown a tire
and crossed the median on Interstate
94 about a mile north of Tomah....
Powless joined the State Patrol in
January 1979....
--excerpt from Madison Wisconsin State Journal; May 20, 1980
Spouse: P. L. M.
Marriage Date: 11 May 1974
Marriage County: Waukesha
Certificate Number: 011592
Name: Gary Powless
Social Security Number: xxxxxxx29
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1949
Issue Year: 1965
Issue State: Wisconsin
Death Date: May 1980
Name: Gary Gene Powless
Death Date: 18 May 1980
Location: Jackson
Death County: Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate: 012443
--Wisconsin State Patrol memoriam
State patrolman's
traffic death 1st
in force history
The death of a State Patrol trooper
Sunday night in a collision between his
squad car and a semi-trailer truck in
Monroe County was the first death of
a trooper in a traffic accident in the
41-year history of the State Patrol, of-
ficials said Monday.
Gary Powless, 31, Black River
Falls, was killed when his westbound
squad car was struck by an eastbound
truck that had apparently blown a tire
and crossed the median on Interstate
94 about a mile north of Tomah....
Powless joined the State Patrol in
January 1979....
--excerpt from Madison Wisconsin State Journal; May 20, 1980
Spouse: P. L. M.
Marriage Date: 11 May 1974
Marriage County: Waukesha
Certificate Number: 011592
Name: Gary Powless
Social Security Number: xxxxxxx29
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1949
Issue Year: 1965
Issue State: Wisconsin
Death Date: May 1980
Name: Gary Gene Powless
Death Date: 18 May 1980
Location: Jackson
Death County: Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate: 012443
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