Detective William F. Hillen, New York Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective William F. Hillen

New York Central Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch Friday, February 24, 1922

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William F. Hillen

Detective William Hillen succumbed to head injuries sustained on February 20th, 1922, when he fell from a freight train the railyards at Niagara Falls, New York.

He suffered a fractured skull as a result of the fall. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital, in Buffalo, where he died on February 24th, 1922.

Detective Hillen was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI.

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Age 25
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Incident Details

Cause Fall
Location New York
Incident Date Monday, February 20, 1922

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Det. Hillen,
On today, the 100th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Army as a member of the 304th Tank Brigade which the 345th Tank Battalion was a part of fighting the Germans in Europe during World War I.

R.I.P.
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