WALTER RICHARD TON

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Officer Rank: Postal Inspector
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 25
Department: U.S. Postal Inspection Service
End of Watch: January 10, 1938
Cause: AIRC
Age: 44
Years of Service: 8
Description: Postal Inspector Ton was killed in an airplane crash while transporting two prisoners from the State of Montana. Both suspects were accused of postal theft in Butte, Montana. Inspector Ton was returning to St. Paul, Minnesota with both prisoners when the commercial aircraft crashed, killing everyone on board.
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