STANLEY CLAY HELTON

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 26
Department: Menifee County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: July 25, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 7
Description: Deputies Helton and Marion Stapleton were shot when they attempted to serve a murder warrant. As the officers approached the residence, the suspect opened fire with a shotgun, killing Deputy Stapleton and seriously wounding Deputy Helton. Deputy Helton was transported to a local doctor where he succumbed to his injuries twelve days later.
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