City Marshal Robert T. Blassingame, Wister Police Department, Oklahoma

City Marshal Robert T. Blassingame

Wister Police Department, Oklahoma

End of Watch Tuesday, July 3, 1928

Robert T. Blassingame

Marshal Robert Blassingame succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained three weeks earlier when he was attached on a railroad platform.

Two men approached him and asked him what time a train was due to arrive. One of the men then grabbed him from behind and produced a handgun. Marshal Blassingame was able to break free and pulled his own gun, but was shot in the stomach.

Marshal Blassingame had served with the agency for 9 years. He was survived by his wife and child.

Bio

Age 57
Tour 9 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Sunday, June 17, 1928
Weapon Handgun
Offender Not available

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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

July 4, 2015