United States Army Military Police Corps, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 9, 1947
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: July 9, 1947
Weapon Used: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Louis Stiger was accidentally shot and killed at the Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, when a .45 caliber service weapon held by another MP was accidentally discharged.
The round fatally wounded Sergeant Stiger and wounded a second MP in the leg.
Sergeant Stiger was a US Army veteran of WWII. He was survived by his parents.