DUANE DEAN WINKELMAN

Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 28-W: 18
Department: Illinois Central Railroad, P.D.
End of Watch: December 28, 1972
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 1 month
Description: Detective Winkelman was shot in the chest as he and a fellow officer attempted to arrest suspects who were breaking into a boxcar in Rush City, Illinois. Detective Winkelman was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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