Dale Benjamin Courtney served in the U.S. Army.
Trooper Bennie 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, who had escaped a juvenile facility, were later arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison. They were both later paroled. Trooper Courtney was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He had served with the Oregon State Police for four months and previously served with the McMinnville Police Department.
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In tribute
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.
Trooper Courtney gave the Oregon State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon, 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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