RUSSELL JOHN MOESTA

Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 15-E: 2
Department: New Jersey State Police
End of Watch: November 19, 1970
Cause: TRAIN
Age: 25
Years of Service: 6
Description: Automobile accident. Trooper Moesta was killed on a Wednesday morning when his patrol car slammed into a freight train at a crossing in Fairfield Township. He was assigned to the Port Norris barracks just six months after graduating as class valedictorian from the State Police Academy.
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