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South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD

Patch image: South Dakota Highway Patrol, SDPatrolman Bernard Benson
South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD
EOW: Wednesday, September 17, 1941
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: South Dakota Highway Patrol, SDTrooper Henry N. Russell
South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1958
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: South Dakota Highway Patrol, SDTrooper Verlyn Lamonte Mettler
South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD
EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: South Dakota Highway Patrol, SDTrooper Steven Eric Hoffman
South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD
EOW: Wednesday, March 12, 1980
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: South Dakota Highway Patrol, SDTrooper Oren Stuart Hindman
South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD
EOW: Thursday, May 2, 1985
Cause of Death: Stabbed


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 5

Automobile accident: 2
Gunfire: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1

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