U.S. Navy · United States 
Leroy Brown
1969
Leroy Dale Brown served the U.S. Navy.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Deputy Sheriff Leroy Brown was shot and killed by a man he had arrested several months earlier. He was eating in the Dairy Burger restaurant in Bowie, Arizona when the man saw him and entered the establishment. The subject ordered a hot cup of coffee and then approached Deputy Brown. He threw the coffee into Deputy Brown's face, and as Deputy Brown stood up, he shot him twice. The man then fled to a nearby school and committed suicide. Deputy Brown was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and served with the Cochise County Sheriff's Department for five months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents, and four sisters.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Also Served
Cochise County Sheriff's Department
Deputy Sheriff
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