WILLIAM WANK

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 63-W: 28
Department: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, S.O.
End of Watch: August 17, 1915
Cause: SHOT
Age: 44
Years of Service: 1
Description: Deputy Sheriff Wank was accidentally shot while in pursuit of two fugitives at the train yard. Deputies Wank and Henry Kuhlman were both shot by a railroad detective. Deputy Wank was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Deputy Kuhlman survived the incident.
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