Sergeant Joseph Sanchez, Baton Rouge Police Department, Louisiana

Sergeant Joseph Sanchez

Baton Rouge Police Department, Louisiana

End of Watch Monday, June 6, 1966

Joseph Sanchez

Sergeant Joseph Sanchez succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two months earlier while arresting a suspect for robbery.

The leg wound caused a blood clot to develop, which moved to his heart.

Sergeant Sanchez was a veteran of both WWII and the Korean War and had been a prisoner in a German POW camp for 20 months. He was survived by his wife and daughter.

Bio

Age 47
Tour Not available
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Saturday, April 16, 1966
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Not available

robbery

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

June 6, 2015