Deputy Commissioner Claude Everett Swackhammer
Alaska Department of Public Safety
Alaska

End of Watch: Tuesday, October 11, 1994
Cause: Aircraft accident

Biographical Info
Age: 51
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Deputy Commissioner Claude Swackhammer and Sergeant Robert Lee Bittick of the Alaska State Troopers, were killed in an airplane accident.

Deputy Commissioner Swackhammer had served with the Alaska State Troopers for 25 years and had been appointed by the governor to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and daughter.

 
Photograph: Deputy Commissioner Claude Everett Swackhammer

Patch image: Alaska Department of Public Safety, Alaska

Visit Deputy Commissioner Swackhammer's memorial at www.ODMP.org