JOSEPH C AKIN

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Officer Rank: Posse Member
Memorial Panel: 29-E: 26
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: February 21, 1915
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Posseman Akin was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest a member of the Piute tribe in Bluff, Utah. Posseman Akin and several U.S. Marshals attempted to move some of the Piute tribesmen to a reservation. Posseman Akin was fatally shot by one of the tribesman wanted for murder.
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