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U.S. Navy · United States 
Joseph Skrabek
1977
Joseph Henry Skrabek served the U.S. Navy for 4 years.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Skrabek was killed on a rainy morning when he and the driver of a truck hit head-on while driving on U.S. 6, three miles west of Princeton, Illinois. A 19-year-old female deputy with him was injured. The other driver, 43 years old, was also killed. Deputy Skrabek was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Bureau County Sheriff's Department for six years.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1963 – 1967
Also Served
Bureau County Sheriff's Department
Deputy Sheriff
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