William Robert Hakim served in the U.S. Navy for 8 years and 7 months. William served during the years of the Cold War and Gulf War.
Senior Trooper Bill Hakim and Captain Tom Tennant, of the Woodburn Police Department, were killed when a bomb detonated as they examined the device at a bank branch in the 2500 block of Oregon 214.
A bomb threat had been called into a local bank earlier in the day, but the device was determined not to pose a threat. Later in the day a second bomb threat was made to a neighboring bank. A bank employee discovered a suspicious object in the bushes outside of the bank. At some point after officers responded to the scene, the device was moved inside the bank.
As Trooper Hakim, Captain Tennant, and the Woodburn police chief examined the device it detonated, fatally injuring Trooper Hakim and Captain Tennant. The police chief was critically injured.
Both suspects, a father and son team, were apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to death.
Trooper Hakim was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Oregon State Police for 11 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.
Senior Trooper Hakim gave the Oregon State Police 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon. Thank you 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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