Wichita Falls Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, August 22, 1968
Age: 23
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Accidental
Date of Incident: August 22, 1968
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Rappolee and Officer Robert Fellows were crushed to death when a wall fell onto their patrol car. A large fire had destroyed a section of downtown Wichita Falls and the two officers were sitting in their patrol car in front of one of the damaged buildings when the wall collapsed and landed on top of the car.
Officer Rappolee had served with the Wichita Falls Police Department for just over 2 years.