Trooper Cyril J. Reichert

Trooper Cyril J. Reichert | Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol, Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol, Mississippi
Trooper Cyril J. Reichert

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol, Mississippi

End of Watch Wednesday, February 5, 1947

Cyril J. Reichert

Trooper Reichert succumbed to gunshot wounds received one week earlier after stopping a car wanted for an earlier shooting. The incident occurred at 1600 hours on Highway 90 just inside the Louisiana state line. The suspect was arrested, convicted, and executed the following year.

Trooper Reichert had been with the agency for seven years and was assigned to Trooper K in Biloxi. He was survived by his wife and two children.

Bio

  • Age 45
  • Tour 7 years
  • Badge 85

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Incident Date Monday, January 27, 1947
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Executed in 1948

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Trooper Reichert, your sacrifice will never be forgotten! Thank you for your dedicated service to The Great State of Mississippi and the citizens you were sworn to protect! Continue to rest in peace my fellow "RedLeg"!
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." John 15:13

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of GOD." Matthew 5:9

Corporal Tony Dunn
Mississippi Highway Patrol, TroopD

February 5, 2017

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