In memory of

Clifford W. Nelson

1928

Killed that day
October 23, 1928, aged 40

Their life

Deputy Sheriff Clifford Nelson was killed in an airplane crash during a search and rescue mission for a missing person. The plane was being used to search for a man who had gone missing while hunting in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The plane crashed into the Cañada del Oro approximatley four miles east of the Oracle Road. Deputy Nelson and the other three occupants were killed in the crash. Deputy Nelson was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Pima County Sheriff's Department for 14 months.

Survived by

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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