Dallas Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Sunday, October 7, 1973
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: 3143
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: October 7, 1973
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Milton Whatley suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a burglar alarm in the 4300 block of Holland Avenue.
He had run up a long flight of stairs to the location of the alarm, which turned out to be a false. As he returned to his cruiser he suffered the heart attack. His partner requested an ambulance and was rushed to transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died shortly after arrival.
Officer Whatley was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam war and had served with the Dallas Police Department for two years.