Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Monday, April 29, 1929
Age: 28
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: March 10, 1929
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available
Special Agent Joseph Kucera succumbed to injuries suffered seven weeks earlier when he was thrown from a Michigan Central Railroad freight car near East 14th Street in Chicago, Illinois.
He was attempting to eject three men from a railroad car when they attacked him and threw him from the train.
Agent Kucera was survived by his wife.