Constable William Calvin Campbell

Constable William Calvin Campbell | Commerce Police Department, Oklahoma
Commerce Police Department, Oklahoma
Constable William Calvin Campbell

Commerce Police Department, Oklahoma

End of Watch Friday, April 6, 1934

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William Calvin Campbell

Constable William Campbell was shot and killed by the notorious outlaw gang led by Bonnie and Clyde. The Chief of Police was also shot and wounded in the incident.

Constable Campbell was survived by his daughter and is buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

The Bonnie and Clyde Gang was responsible for the murder of law enforcement officers in four states - Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas - between 1932 and 1934. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow started their criminal career by robbing banks and quickly became notorious murderers wanted for the murders of nine law enforcement officers.

The two criminals were finally shot and killed in Louisiana when they were ambushed by a task force of Texas and Louisiana officers.

Bio

  • Age 60
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Both shot and killed
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Constable Cambell,
You are not forgotten. I have invoked your story several times to remind certain people that
the two people that viciously gunned you down were not folk hero nor were they ever. In fact they
killed 8 other Law Enforcement officers and wounding more officers and deserved the death that rained
down upon them May of 1934 outside of Gibsland Louisiana. Not to mention the civilian victims that suffered
and died from the out laws.

LT Roger Peck #152 (ret)
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June 2, 2025

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