Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Drowned
Incident Date: 12/19/1968
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Detective Robert Monette and Officer Roger McClung drowned during a dive team training exercise 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.
Detective Monette was a Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Virginia Beach Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife, 6-month-old daughter, and 2-year-old son.
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