WILLIAM J POTTOW JR
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 13-W: 28
Department: Cook County, Illinois, S.O.
End of Watch: June 6, 1945
Cause: AUTO
Age: 39
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Police Officers Pottow and Leonard Hurwitz were in pursuit of a speeding motorist when their patrol car was struck by another vehicle. Officer Pottow died at the scene of a fractured skull. Officer Hurwitz died of his injuries three days later.
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