Steven Bruce DeVries served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years and 9 months. Steven served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Trooper DeVries was shot and killed after stopping a suspect who had just robbed a bank in Niles, Michigan. During the stop the suspect shot him in the chest. Responding officers found that during the course of the stop Trooper DeVries had written the man's name and address on a note pad and arrested the man. The suspect, sentenced to life, escaped on March 21, 1975, and was captured by FBI agents in Los Angeles three weeks later. He escaped again in 1987. Later that same year he was shot and killed by deputies in Mississippi following another bank robbery.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper DeVries served with the Michigan State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper DeVries.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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