Hi, Susan-- Check the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial. Here's what I found at www.nleomf.com --The panel location indicates the placement of his name on the memorial wall at Judiciary Square in DC. WILLIE R GAWEN Officer Metropolitan, Washington D.C., P.D. Washington, DC Date of Death: 03/02/1915 Panel 34, E -9 I believe that MPD files on DC police can be obtained through the National Archives. My cousin obtained the complete personnel file of his great-grandfather, who was killed in the line of duty in 1918. Hope this helps! Frank Dunnigan -----Original Message----- From: Susan Whittington <susan_whittington@msn.com> To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Researching DC Policeman >Question for the list, I would like to research a policeman that was killed >in the line of duty. His name was either GOWEN or GAWEN and it was after >1911 but I don't have a date. Where is the best place to got for >researching this sort of information? Thanks, Sue > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >