CHARLES KACKLEY

Officer Rank: Private
Memorial Panel: 3-E: 3
Department: West Virginia State Police
End of Watch: May 25, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 23
Years of Service: 10
Description: Private Kackley was fatally shot when he went to investigate a shooting near the Big Splint coal yard. Private Kackley and a guardsman came under shot sniper fire when they arrived at the coal mine. The striking coal miners had set up a squatter's camp in the area and were protesting against the squalid work conditions.
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