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Lieutenant

LeRoy Henry Nennig, Jr.

Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department — Sheboygan, WI

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End of Watch August 15, 2004

Age 53

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Lieutenant Leroy Nennig was killed in a motorcycle crash while stopping to assist at the scene of a vehicle fire.

He was returning from an assignment at a professional golf tournament when he came upon the vehicle fire. As he slowed down in preparation to render aid, his motorcycle was struck from behind by another vehicle. He was killed instantly upon impact.

Lieutenant Nennig was a US Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department for 30 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three sons, and parents.

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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.
Lieutenant Nennig gave the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sheboygan community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department

Location Sheboygan, WI

Platform Identity scso.sheboygan.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 15, 2004

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

LeRoy Henry Nennig, Jr. served in the Marine Corps (1969â1973) before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant LeRoy Henry Nennig, 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 WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

WI — Statewide

124

of 317 officers

39.1% 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. LeRoy Henry Nennig, 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 LeRoy Henry Nennig, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service