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Photograph: Police Officer Roger L. McClung

Patch image: Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia






Police Officer Roger L. McClung
Virginia Beach Police Department
Virginia

End of Watch: Thursday, December 19, 1968

Biographical Info
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: Thursday, December 19, 1968
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer McClung and Detective Robert Monette drowned during a dive team training excercise in Lake Wesley. During the training a third trainee began to suffer trouble in the water. Detective Monette and Officer McClung saved the officer but drowned doing so.

Officer McClung had been with the agency for one year and had been a member of neighboring agency beforehand.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Virginia Beach Police Department, VirginiaDetective Robert R. Monette
Virginia Beach Police Department, VA
EOW: Thursday, December 19, 1968
Cause of Death: Drowned

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