JOHN WESLEY O'BRYEN
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 30
Department: Etowah County, Alabama, S.O.
End of Watch: September 1, 1929
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff O'Bryen was leaving church when he was ambushed and fatally shot in retaliation by a bootlegger regarding a prior liquor raid. The bootlegger was convicted of murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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