Norman G. Vezina served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Sergeant Norman Vezina drowned while attempting to rescue a 5-year-old child who had fallen through thin ice off Totem Pole Trail Lane in the Sprague Lower Reservoir. The child was pulled from the water but died en route to the hospital. Sergeant Vezina perished before being pulled from the water. Sergeant Vezina was a United States Marine Corps Korean War veteran and had served with the Smithfield Police Department for eight months. He was survived by his parents, wife, and child. He was posthumously promoted to Sergeant.
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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.
Sergeant Vezina served with the Smithfield Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Smithfield 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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