WILLIAM M COWARD
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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 24
Department: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, S.O.
End of Watch: May 28, 1939
Cause: SHOT
Age: 44
Years of Service:
Description: Constable Coward arrested a man for creating a disturbance at a church. As Constable Coward made the arrest, another man grabbed the gun from the Constable's holster and shot Constable Coward five times with his own gun. The shooter was convicted of murder and executed.
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