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Note: The Officer Down Memorial Page remembers... Sergeant Jack R. Armstrong Southern Railroad Police Department, RR End of Watch: Thursday, April 25, 1968
</info/patches.php> </info/patches.php> Biographical Info Age: 42 Tour of Duty: 22 yr Badge Number: 115 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Thursday, April 25, 1968 State of Incident: Illinois Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Not available Sergeant Armstrong was shot and killed while patrolling the company's rail yards at 14th Street and Walnut Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, at approximately 1400 hours. He was attacked by four men who were on a crime spree following the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Sergeant Armstrong was transported to St. Mary's Hospital after the shooting where he succumbed to his wounds two hours later. The suspects stole Sergeant Armstrong's service weapon and later used it to murder Officer Henry Peeler of the Chicago Police Department. Sergeant Armstrong was a US Army WWII and had been with the agency for 22 years. He was survived by his wife and daughter, and two sons, and late son.
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