Corporal
Robert Sambrook Grove
Munster Police Department
Tuesday, September 6, 1983

Age: 37
Served: 10 years, 4 months
Badge #: 13
Panel 22W, Line 2 (1991)
Panel L4, Line 1

Incident Details

Cause of Death:
Motorcycle accident
Date/Time of Incident:
Friday, August 5, 1983
09:10 pm
Incident to Death Duration:
32 days
Incident Location:
Calumet Avenue and Fran Lin Parkway, Munster
Incident County:
Lake
Incident Township:
North
Weapon Used:
None
Suspect Disposition:
None
Burial Place:
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville

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   Corporal Robert Grove died from injuries he suffered one month earlier after being involved in a two-vehicle accident.

   He was responding to a domestic disturbance call when he was struck and thrown from his motorcycle by a vehicle making a left-hand turn at an intersection.

   He was taken to Community Hospital before being transferred to Saint Margaret Hospital in Hammond where he died from head injuries one month later.

   Corporal Grove was survived by his wife.

 

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United States Air Force
Vietnam War
1963–1967



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