In memory of
Donald V. Kehnast
1964
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- December 15, 1964, aged 52
Their life
Deputy Sheriff Donald Kehnast suffered a fatal heart attack while he and several other officers struggled with a mental patient at a tavern in Defiance, Ohio. Deputy Kehnast had been elected sheriff two months earlier and was to take office on January 4, 1965. He had served with the Defiance County Sheriff's Office for 22 years.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife, son, and three daughters.
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