ROBERT R BIRDSALL
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 23-W: 1
Department: Long Beach, California, P.D.
End of Watch: September 15, 1975
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 13
Description: Police Officer Birdsall was shot in the chest as he and his partner attempted to arrest a suspect who had kidnapped a woman at gunpoint. Officer Birdsall was transported to the hospital where he died during surgery. The suspect was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death.
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