CURTIS AVERY VANDERSON
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 47-W: 2
Department: Creswell, Oregon, P.D.
End of Watch: November 5, 1971
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Van Derson was shot and killed when he was ambushed while responding to a bank robbery call. He was shot by a suspect armed with a rifle who was in an ambush position across the street from the bank. Officer Van Derson was survived by his wife, daughter, and son.
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