WILLIAM ELAM
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 63-W: 27
Department: Placer County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: October 1, 1951
Cause: AUTO
Age: 46
Years of Service: 20
Description: Sheriff Elam was killed in an automobile accident while conducting official department business. While traveling near Tahoe City in Placer County, Sheriff Elam's department vehicle left the roadway and plunged down a 100-foot embankment. Sheriff Elam was pronounced dead at the scene.
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