DAVID W DEERFIELD
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 50-E: 20
Department: Williamson, West Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: August 19, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 8
Description: Officers McGuire and Deerfield approached a milk truck that was standing without lights in front of the newspaper office to ticket it for violation of an ordinance. They were approached by two of the "Regular" officers, Julius Lawson and James Kirkpatrick, who challenged the right of the "Deposed" officers to ticket the vehicle. Lawson and Kirkpatrick opened fire and Patrolmen McGuire and Deerfield were both shot and killed.
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