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Markers related to Forest Park's four first responders who died in the line of duty
 
By Sean Flynn, August 22, 2023
Remembrance Park
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Police Officer Edward Pflaume —
Police Officer Edward Pflaume, 29, was shot and killed on December 13, 1925 as he and other officers attempted to arrest two men suspected of committing a robbery earlier in the day. The suspects opened fire on the officers, killing . . . — — Map (db m231327) HM
2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Police Lieutenant Herman Ziebell —
Police Lieutenant Herman Ziebell, 46, was shot and killed on September 30, 1946 behind a service station at the intersection of Des Plaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road when he and his partner interrupted a burglary in progress. The two . . . — — Map (db m231379) HM
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Police Officer Michael Caulfield —
Police Officer Michael Caulfield, 22, was shot and killed on September 30, 1982 inside the Forest Park police station by a suspect who had been taken into custody by detectives. The prisoner disarmed another officer and shot Officer Caulfield in the . . . — — Map (db m231336) HM
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Fire Captain Frank Schnurstein —
Captain Frank Schnurstein, 44, of the Forest Park Fire Department suffered a fatal heart attack in the line of duty on March 29, 1969. Schnurstein was one of the first firefighters on scene to the three story building engulfed in flames. . . . — — Map (db m231350) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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