Clifford Thomas Hill. Clifford served during the years of the Korean War and the Cold War.
Lieutenant Clifford Hill was killed when a package he was opening exploded. He was in the office of the newly elected public safety commissioner and was assisting the mayor's secretary. An investigation revealed that the package contained a bomb intended for the new public safety commissioner. A former police officer who had purchased bomb making materials and had studied bomb making was tried and convicted for the murder, however, the suspect was later acquitted at a retrial in 1980.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Hill served with the Bessemer Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Bessemer community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Hill.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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