Patrolman William R. Gilham
DeQueen Police Department
Arkansas

End of Watch: Thursday, July 5, 1984
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 26

Patrolman Gilham, Captain William Mills, Patrolman Herman Jones and Sergeant Roy Brewer were all killed in an head-on automobile accident while en route to attend the funeral of Trooper Louis Bryant, of the Arkansas State Police. Trooper Bryant had been shot and killed in the line of duty six days earlier.

Patrolman Gilham was survived by his wife and four stepsons.

 
Photograph: Patrolman William R. Gilham

Patch image: DeQueen Police Department, Arkansas

Visit Patrolman Gilham's memorial at www.ODMP.org