BENJAMIN BENEDICT SCHMITT
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Officer Rank: Marshal
Memorial Panel: 51-E: 28
Department: O'Fallon, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: March 21, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 41
Years of Service: 3
Description: Marshal Schmitt was shot without provocation after questioning two strangers in town. One of the men pulled a gun and fatally shot Marshal Schmitt as he walked away. Marshal Schmitt died at the scene.
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