WALTER ISAAC VAN DORN
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 26
Department: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
End of Watch: August 12, 1916
Cause: NIFE
Age: 29
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sergeant Van Dorn was counting prisoners after the noon break at the Clemens State Farm when a convict rushed forward and stabbed him with a shank. Sergeant Van Dorn drew his pistol and fatally shot the convict. Sergeant Van Dorn died at the scene.
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