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U.S. Navy · United States 
Benjamin Koles
1930
Benjamin J. Koles served the U.S. Navy.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
Gunfire
What Happened
Location: Michigan
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Offender: Not available
Railroad Detective Benjamin Koles was shot and killed while patrolling the railroad yards near Lynch Road and Mt. Elliott Street in Detroit, Michigan.
A railroad employee located his body, which was suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen, on a railroad truck.
Detective Koles was U.S. Navy veteran of WWI.
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Offender: Not available
Railroad Detective Benjamin Koles was shot and killed while patrolling the railroad yards near Lynch Road and Mt. Elliott Street in Detroit, Michigan.
A railroad employee located his body, which was suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen, on a railroad truck.
Detective Koles was U.S. Navy veteran of WWI.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Also Served
Grand Trunk Railroad Police Department
Railroad Detective
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