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Dale Benjamin Courtney

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Dale Benjamin Courtney Veteran

Birth
Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Death
1 Oct 1950 (aged 25)
Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Burial
McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Trooper Dale Courtney was shot and killed after responding to a call of shots being fired at a farm in Tigard, Oregon.

When he arrived he found a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy inside the farmhouse. As Trooper Courtney approached the house, the 14-year-old shot and killed him with a shotgun. The boy then shot and wounded the farmhouse owner and escaped. Both boys were later arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison. They were both later paroled.

Trooper Courtney was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Oregon State Police for four months.
Trooper Dale Courtney was shot and killed after responding to a call of shots being fired at a farm in Tigard, Oregon.

When he arrived he found a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy inside the farmhouse. As Trooper Courtney approached the house, the 14-year-old shot and killed him with a shotgun. The boy then shot and wounded the farmhouse owner and escaped. Both boys were later arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison. They were both later paroled.

Trooper Courtney was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Oregon State Police for four months.

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