GENE A CLIFTON

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 19-W: 11
Department: Palo Alto, California, P.D.
End of Watch: November 19, 1971
Cause: SHOT
Age: 28
Years of Service: 4
Description: Officer Clifton died as a result of injuries received on October 1, 1971, during a joint operation with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Officer Clifton was fatally wounded when a team of officers attempted to serve a search warrant and a suspect fired a handgun through a door striking Officer Clifton in the abdomen.
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