Joseph Henry Skrabek

1977

Life Service Also Served Memorials In Our Keeping

Joseph Henry Skrabek served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years and 11 months. Joseph served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died

Manner Accident

Cause Multiple traumatic injuries

What Happened

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Skrabek was killed on a rainy morning when he and the driver of a truck hit head-on while driving on U.S. 6, three miles west of Princeton, Illinois. A 19-year-old female deputy with him was injured. The other driver, 43 years old, was also killed. Deputy Skrabek was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Bureau County Sheriff's Department for six years.

Service Record

U.S. Navy

1963 – 1967

Conflicts

Vietnam War Cold War

Also Served

Bureau County Sheriff's Department

Deputy Sheriff

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Memorials

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 18W · Line 21 cut as JOSEPH HENRY SKRABEK

In Our Keeping

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