WPD
Updated 9:24 AM CDT, Wed March 12, 2025
Published Under: In Memoriam
Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
“Greater love has no man than he who would lay down his life for his brother.”
The following Waterloo Police officers were killed in the line of duty:
- John Bailey, April 18, 1902 -
https://www.odmp.org/officer/19699-policeman-john-e-bailey - Fred P. Widmann, October 11, 1908
https://www.odmp.org/officer/14149-patrolman-fred-p-widmann - William Goodenbour, July 1, 1920
https://www.odmp.org/officer/5564-detective-william-goodenbour - Vinton J. Margretz, June 7, 1925
https://www.odmp.org/officer/8547-patrolman-vinton-jerry-margretz - William Mehlhorn, January 14, 1956
https://www.odmp.org/officer/9187-patrolman-william-russell-mehlhorn-jr - Michael W. Hoing, July 13, 1981
https://www.odmp.org/officer/6602-police-officer-michael-wayne-hoing - Wayne R. Rice, July 13, 1981
https://www.odmp.org/officer/11217-police-officer-wayne-robert-rice - Adam D. Liddle, October 29, 2015
https://www.odmp.org/officer/23169-police-officer-adam-dean-liddle
Lest we forget.