Person:Charles Halpin (2)

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Name Charles Augustus Halpin
Gender Male
Birth? 1898 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Military[3] From 5 Aug 1917 to 18 May 1919 World War I, Co. H, 109th Infantry, 28th Div.
Marriage to Catherine McGowan
Residence[2] 1925 Groton, Brown, South Dakota, United States
Death[1] 13 May 1927 Redfield, Spink, South Dakota, United StatesShot and killed in the line of duty
Burial[3] 16 May 1927 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesHoly Sepulchre Cemetery
Other[4][5] 13 May 2006 Name added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
References
  1. Spink County Sheriff's Dept. Web Site.

    http://www.spinkcounty-sd.org/sheriff.html

    "Deputy Sheriff Halpin and Agent Charles Bintliff, of the United States Treasury Department, were shot and killed near Redfield, South Dakota, while attempting to arrest a man who had wounded another federal agent one week earlier. Deputy Sheriff Halpin and Agent Bintliff were with two other officers and they arrived at the man's farm at 0130 hours. The officers separated and Deputy Halpin and Agent Bintliff went to search the barn. As the two searched the barn, the man opened fire on them with a shotgun, striking Agent Bintliff in the chest and Deputy Halpin in the abdomen. Both men were killed instantly. The suspect fled but committed suicide."

  2. South Dakota, State Census, 1925.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card.

    Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
    Section 1, Range 10, Lot 27

  4. National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
  5. "Officer Honored 79 Years Later," Redfield Press, Redfield, SD
    24 May 2006.