CLARENCE L EATON
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 49-W: 29
Department: Donora, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: August 16, 1902
Cause: SHOT
Age: 28
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Police Officer Eaton was shot when he attempted to stop a fight at a dancehall. Officer Eaton was attending a dance with his wife when a fight started between two men. Officer Eaton stepped in and restored the peace. A brother of one of the men involved in the disturbance entered the dancehall and fired a shot which fatally struck Officer Eaton. The shooter was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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