Carroll Bargatze
1965
Carroll Gordon Bargatze.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Officer Carroll Bargatze succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle collision on October 6, 1965. Officer Bargatze was driving with lights and sirens activated en route to a crash call involving a police officer. When he turned onto Third Avenue South from Ash Street, he hit a car traveling north on Third Avenue. He was transported to General Hospital with a fractured skull and passed away on October 16, 1965. Officer Bargatze was a United States Army Korean War veteran and had served with the Metro Nashville Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and three brothers.
Service Record
Also Served
Metro Nashville Police Department
Officer
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