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
Munster Police Department

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.

 

Military Service


United States Air Force
Vietnam War
1963–1967



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