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Conservation Officer Gilmer Fred Keeler | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, Minnesota

Conservation Officer

Gilmer Fred Keeler

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, Minnesota

End of Watch: Sunday, April 21, 1968

Biographical Info

Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: April 21, 1968
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Keeler was killed in an automobile crash on Highway 6, 14 miles south of Big Falls, in Koochiching County, while en route to Big Fork.

His vehicle left the roadway and struck a bridge abutment.

Officer Keeler had served with the agency for 8 years. He was survived by his wife, 8-year-old daughter, parents, three brothers, and two sisters.