BYRON LESLIE PIERCE
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 61-W: 23
Department: Henry County, Illinois, S.O.
End of Watch: June 13, 1946
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 8
Description: Sheriff Pierce went to a local farm to arrest a man who was reportedly threatening visitors with a rifle. With the house surrounded, Sheriff Pierce went to the front door to make the arrest and was shot by the mentally deranged man.
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