Ralph W. Ogan served in the U.S. Army.
Police Officer Ralph Ogan was shot and killed while checking on a business at 801 Main Street at 5:45 am. While on patrol he observed a vehicle parked across the street from a business with a broken window. He approached the vehicle and spoke with the occupants. After a brief conversation, the rear passenger side suspect began to exit the vehicle. As Officer Ogan walked around the rear of the vehicle to confront this suspect he was shot twice in the upper torso. The suspect and his accomplices were apprehended and sentenced to prison. The shooter was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment and died in prison ten years to the day of the murder. Officer Ogan was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and had served with the Grinnell Police Department for four years.
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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.
Police Officer Ogan gave the Grinnell Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Grinnell 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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