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Town Marshal

Kenneth Byron Hale, Jr.

Lizton Police Department — Lizton, IN

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch January 22, 1974

Age 30

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge M-4

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

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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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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

Agency

Department Lizton Police Department

Location Lizton, IN

Platform Identity lpd.hendricks.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1974

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 30

Badge Number M-4

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kenneth Byron Hale, Jr. served in the Air Force (1964â1968) before joining law enforcement.

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Town Marshal Kenneth Byron Hale, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Lizton Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

IN — Statewide

151

of 503 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Byron Hale, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Kenneth Byron Hale, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service