JAMES E MACHADO
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 17-W: 5
Department: Placer County, California, S.D.
End of Watch: July 13, 1978
Cause: SHOT
Age: 30
Years of Service: 4
Description: Deputy Machado was attempting to take an escaped mental patient into custody when the man gained control of his service weapon and shot Deputy Machado with his own gun.
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