WILLIAM FORD SHERMAN
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Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 59-E: 26
Department: Union Pacific Railroad, P.D.
End of Watch: August 31, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 33
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Special Agent Sherman was shot when he apprehended and searched two men who were loitering in the train yard in Topeka, Kansas. One of the men pulled a gun and shot Agent Sherman in the back, which severed his spine and punctured a lung. Agent Sherman was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries 13 days later.
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