U.S. Navy · United States 
Ferdinand Frederick Pribbenow
Ferdinand Frederick "Bud" Pribbenow
Ferdinand Frederick Pribbenow served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years and 11 months. Ferdinand served in the Korean War, and during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Trooper Ferdinand Pribbenow was shot and killed during a traffic stop of a speeder near El Dorado, Kansas. The suspect, 23, shot him before he had a chance to react. The suspect fled and was later spotted at the tollgate at the Kellogg exit in East Wichita and a pursuit ensued. About a mile into the chase, the suspect rammed the back of a van that was stopping at a light at Kellogg and Rock Road near the Towne East Shopping Mall. Officers ordered the suspect to exit his car and he responded with gunfire. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect several times before he was taken into custody. He was convicted of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and first degree murder and sentenced to life. He was paroled on November 7, 2022. Trooper Pribbenow had served with the Kansas Highway Patrol with the agency for 22 years.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Pribbenow gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Pribbenow.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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