Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Kenneth Hale was killed in an automobile crash while responding to a bank robbery call at 11:38 a.m. He was responding to the call from the town of Lebanon and was killed when a semitrailer rolled through a stop sign, disregarding the Marshal's siren, and the Marshal's vehicle slammed under the truck. Marshal Hale was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Lizton Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Town Marshal Hale gave the Lizton Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lizton community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kenneth Byron Hale Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1964â1968) before joining law enforcement.
Town Marshal Kenneth Byron Hale Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 30.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Kenneth Byron Hale Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force (1964–1968) before joining law enforcement.
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