JAMES A WALLEN
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Officer Rank: Inspector
Memorial Panel: 64-E: 4
Department: U.S. Customs Service
End of Watch: March 6, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 6 months
Description: Inspector Wallen was killed in Val Verde, Texas in an exchange of gunfire with a gang of rum-runners. Inspector Wallen was shot in the chest as he attempted to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked near the Mexican border. Inspector Wallen is the grandfather of U.S. Customs Inspector Richard Latham (Panel 38-E: 8).
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