U.S. Marine Corps · United States 
John Edward Hatfull
John Edward Hatfull served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 3 years and 11 months. John served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Sergeant John Hatfull was shot and killed while leading an Emergency Response Team into the home of a suicidal man who had held them at bay for several hours in Posey County. After killing Sergeant Hatfull, the man, who was home on a work-release program, turned the gun on himself. Sergeant Hatfull was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who had served with the Indiana State Police for over 14 years and was assigned to the Evansville post. He was survived by his wife and two children. After his death, he was promoted to lieutenant, the agency's only officer to ever receive a posthumous promotion.
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