| Birth: | Aug. 15, 1910 | | Death: | Nov. 1, 1950 | 
White house Policeman that was killed at Blair house in 1950 while protecting President Truman. The assassins, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, were Puerto Rican nationalists. Collazo, the survivor, stood trial for first-degree murder and was given the death penalty. Later Truman commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. In 1979 Collazo was released and went back to Puerto Rico.
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Cressie E. Coffelt (1912 - 1985)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Leslie Coffelt | | | Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 17 Lot 17719-59 Grid I-24 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jul 17, 1998
Find A Grave Memorial# 3201 |
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Michelle ~ღ ƸӜƷ
Added: Apr. 28, 2013 |
The full story of the plot against Truman was only revealled in a full study about four years ago, and it was a conspiracy on the level of the Lincoln Conspiracy. Your final, brave action helped prevent it's success. Rest in peace Officer Coffelt.
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J.B.
Added: Mar. 4, 2013 |
A brave man and a great shot.RIP
-Anonymous
Added: Feb. 25, 2013 |
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