J WILLIAM BARNES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 7-E: 30
Department: Macoupin County, Illinois, S.O.
End of Watch: July 20, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 38
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Sheriff Barnes was fatally shot as he attempted to arrest two robbery suspects at a gas station. The suspects were convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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