JOSEPH VEGA
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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 12-W: 10
Department: Charleston, South Carolina, P.D.
End of Watch: August 15, 1955
Cause: PHYS
Age: 49
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Lieutenant Vega suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to break up a fight between two airmen on Wentworth Street while off duty. One of the subjects attempted to flee the scene and was chased by another off duty patrolman. When the patrolman returned to the scene he found Lieutenant Vega on the ground. Both suspects were charged with being drunk and disorderly and fighting in the street. They were both fined $100.
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