JAMES RATTAZZI

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 44-W: 29
Department: Eureka County, Nevada, S.O.
End of Watch: December 6, 1938
Cause: AUTO
Age: 44
Years of Service: 16
Description: Sheriff Rattazzi was killed in a single-vehicle crash when he lost control of the vehicle from the crest of a hill and plunged into a gully. Sheriff Rattazzi was thrown from the vehicle and died of internal injuries at the scene. Sheriff Rattazzi was returning from a business trip to Palisade when the crash occurred.
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