Corporal Virgle Dewey Knight, Jr., Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Oregon

Corporal Virgle Dewey Knight, Jr.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Oregon

End of Watch Tuesday, July 23, 1985

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Virgle Dewey Knight, Jr.

Corporal Virgle Knight, Special Deputy Ronald Terwilliger, and Sergeant Gerald Chirrick were killed in a helicopter crash while conducting a marijuana eradication operation.

The helicopter crashed after striking power lines as it took off from the parking area of the Canton Creek Campground in the Umppqua National Forest.

Corporal Knight had served with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for seven years. He was survived by his wife, son, parents, and siblings.

Bio

Age 35
Tour 7 years
Badge 111

Incident Details

Cause Aircraft accident

narcotics

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Here's what I remember about don Jr. We got these two ponies a mother and colt from one of my dad's work friends there was seven kids my dad driving all in the front seat. and don Jr. Was in the back We were all in a 61 oldsmobike 4 door car well we took out the back seat and don Jr. Was sitting on the bottom of the car straddled by two horses with there head stuck out each windows

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