John L. Blackburn served in the U.S. Army.
Sheriff John Blackburn was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a murder suspect wanted in California. The sheriff and the suspect had argued earlier in the day and then met later that night in a saloon. As Sheriff Blackburn attempted to take the man into custody he was stabbed several times in the chest with a bowie knife. The man escaped but was later shot and killed by another person whom he had threatened to kill the previous night. Sheriff Blackburn was the first Nevada lawman killed in the line of duty. Sheriff Blackburn was a United States Army veteran. He had served with the Carson County Sheriff's Office for two years and had previously served with the United States Marshals Service.
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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.
Sheriff Blackburn gave the Carson County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Carson City 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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