In memory of
Arthur T. Varco
1941
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- November 23, 1941, aged 45
Their life
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Varco and Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Bunce were killed when their patrol car collided with a Tacoma Police Department patrol car occupied by Officer Paul Trent and Officer Martin Joyce The crash occurred at the intersection of 11th Avenue and Pacific Avenue. The deputies were responding to an accident while the officers were responding to an unrelated attempted suicide. Officer Joyce succumbed to his injuries two days later. The other three officers were killed instantly.
Survived by
Deputy Varco was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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