JOHN L BURNS
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 34-E: 22
Department: McCurtain County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: November 15, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 10
Description: Deputy Burns and other officers were executing a search warrant for illegal whiskey operation. While destroying a large still, a gunman hidden in the hills opened fire on the officers. Deputy Burns was shot twice and died at the scene.
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