WILLIAM A BOURLAND
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Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 53-E: 13
Department: Fort Smith, Arkansas, P.D.
End of Watch: September 2, 1931
Cause: SHOT
Age: 51
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Captain Bourland and Patrolman Ralph Howard were fatally wounded in a gun battle with three robbery suspects. Captain Bourland, who was shot in the head and chest, died later that evening. Patrolman Howard died two days later. All three robbers were wounded and one of them died while still in the car.
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