by 100Clubillinois | Jun 16, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
On June 16, 1968, Chicago Fire Department Fire Marshal John Vernon Daugherty died in the line of duty. A firefighter for more than thirty years, Daugherty suffered a heart attack while directing firefighters during a fire at a factory on Harrison Street.
by 100Clubillinois | Jun 5, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Henry L. Peeler, of the Englewood District, was shot and killed by a gunman who murdered Sergeant Jack Armstrong, of the SOU Railroad Police Department, two months earlier in East St. Louis, Illinois. After the gunman and three others murdered Sergeant...
by 100Clubillinois | May 3, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
Detective Young Clifton Hobson was shot and killed during an interrogation of a suspect. Detective Hobson observed a man with a handgun in his waistband. Detective Hobson approached the man and began to question him. The gunman drew the weapon and fired several shots,...
by 100Clubillinois | Feb 7, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
Captain Fischer was killed in an explosion while fighting a fire at Mickleberry Food Products Company. Nine total people were killed in the blast. Captain Fischer was survived by his wife and two children.
by 100Clubillinois | Feb 7, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
Firefighter Leifker was killed in an explosion while fighting a fire at Mickleberry Food Products Company. Nine total people were killed in the blast. Firefighter Leifker was survived by his wife and six children.
by 100Clubillinois | Jan 8, 1968 | Fallen Heroes
On January 8, 1968, Chicago Fire Department Firefighter Thomas Conley of Truck 50 suffered a fatal heart attack while fighting an apartment building fire on W. 79th Place. He was survived by his wife and two children.
