LYLE B CLEMENTS

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Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 10-W: 24
Department: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, P.D.
End of Watch: September 2, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 25
Years of Service: 5
Description: As Agent Clements patrolled the Dunlop, Virginia train yard, he came upon a hobo hiding in a coal car and attempted to arrest him. The suspect resisted and produced a gun. Agent Clements was able to shoot the suspect in the leg but the suspect returned fire, striking Agent Clements four times. Agent Clement's body was then thrown from the moving train. The juvenile later confessed to killing Agent W.A. Smith a week prior to this incident.
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