PEARL AGNES LANHAM

Officer Rank: Policewoman
Memorial Panel: 50-W: 18
Department: Gary, Indiana, P.D.
End of Watch: March 12, 1930
Cause: STRU
Age: 32
Years of Service: 5
Description: Struck by vehicle (officer was outside of vehicle when struck). Policewoman Lanham had just escorted three children across a busy intersection when she was struck by a truck. Witnesses said her body was thrown nearly 80 feet before landing on her head. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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