BRUCE E METTLER
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 5-E: 10
Department: Ottawa County, Ohio, S.O.
End of Watch: December 9, 1983
Cause: AIRC
Age: 37
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Mettler was killed in a plane crash in heavy fog while responding to a rescue call regarding a heart attack victim. Sergeant Robert Rigoni and Dispatcher Michael Sweeney were also killed in this accident.
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