CHARLES MICHAEL BASSING

Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 10-W: 6
Department: Arkansas State Police
End of Watch: July 24, 1986
Cause: HELI
Age: 33
Years of Service: 8
Description: Trooper Bassing was participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Marijuana Eradication Spotter School, when the helicopter in which he was riding crashed shortly after taking off on a marijuana eradication mission. Officers James A. Avant and Kevin L. Brosch also died as a result of the crash.
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