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North Carolina Highway Patrol
North Carolina
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 2, 1948
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Biographical Info
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available Patrolman Hogan and Chief Charles Taylor, of the Sparta Police Department, were killed when their patrol car was forced off the road into a bridge abutment on State Route 21 south of Wytheville, Virginia. The two officers, along with a third officer, had chased the bootlegging suspects into Virginia from North
The third officer and Patrolman Hogan were both taken to a hospital in Wytheville. Patrolman Hogan succumbed to his injuries the following day.
Patrolman Hogan had served with the agency for 1 year and was assigned to Alleghany County. He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and four sisters. | | 
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